How to Use pip in a Sentence

pip

1 of 2 noun
  • That has to have 7 tiles of the same number of pips.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This process gives the chick strength to start the external pip.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The first step is to find out which dominoes have the most pips in common.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • That requires six of the same exact number of pips.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • My mother spitting cherry pips with me and my sister.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • PixCams, which runs livestream videos of the nest, posted footage of a pip on the second egg.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That meant that every single domino with 2 pips on one side had to go in those green boxes.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In this puzzle, there are two single boxes that require 1 pip.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • This means that one of the 1 pip dominoes has to go into one of those three groups, while the other one can’t.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Then the chicks could begin to chirp, followed by an external pip, when a chick makes a hole in the eggshell.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The two 1-pip dominoes have second values of 3 and 5.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On Friday, observers spotted what appeared to be a pip — or breach in the eggshell.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Observers spotted what appeared to be a pip — or breach in the eggshell — on Friday.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • There were only two dominoes with Blanks on them (Blanks = zero pips).
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • That same post also noted that the second egg had begun to pip — and that is a wonderful word to learn.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The facility’s drainage pip from the coffee machines to the floor sink was lacking an air gap.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Only the dominoes with 1 pip had enough to fulfill that condition.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The Purple 1 tile at the top is an easy place to start, since there is only one domino with 1 pip.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The second chick started to pip on March 17 and hatched on March 19.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Watchers on Saturday spotted what appeared to be a pip in the second egg.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The Dark Blue group needed to equal just 2 pips and with four tiles, that was pretty limiting.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • First, the Blue = group requires 5 pips of the same number, and the only number that fits that bill is 2.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The only possibility today—for the blue group of five boxes—were the dominoes with 1 pip on them, since there were five of those.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The only other double domino was the 4/4 and there was no domino that had a 4 and a pip greater than 3, so green had to be 2.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The second chick followed about a week later, starting to pip on March 17 and hatching on March 19.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Hatching typically takes 24 to 48 hours after the first pip, the nonprofit said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Bald eagle parents Jackie and Shadow have had their first pip of the season, which is a hopeful sign after the pair lost two eggs earlier this year.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Just days after the first pip of nesting season for Big Bear bald eagle couple Jackie and Shadow, their first eaglet has hatched, and their second egg has a pip as Southern California fans of the duo anxiously await their newest family members.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026

pip

2 of 2 verb
  • Rose’s friend McIlroy was the one who pipped him to the green jacket last year.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
  • United got their revenge in the league, though, pipping Leeds to the title on goal average.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Morocco is headed to the group stage as the second-place team in Group C, with Brazil pipping it for first.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • In the mad race to be the premier AI lab in the world, the company took a big step this week towards pipping bitter rival OpenAI to a public market listing.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • This is basically the company’s quick battery swapping system, which pips the Stark Varg EX’s plug-only capability.
    — New Atlas, 21 May 2026
  • Very few top teams play with two up front, but one side at least pips them — with reigning champions Argentina usually deploying Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez as a duo.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • Aaron Ramsdale, meanwhile, was signed from Southampton on an initial loan with an option to buy once Manchester City pipped Newcastle to James Trafford.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Vollering and Niewadoma-Phinney have their own rivalry, the Polish rider having pipped Vollering to the 2024 Tour de France Femmes by just four seconds.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Machado pipped Trump to the award, who had relentlessly campaigned to win the prize himself, alongside a number of political allies including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Both these teams topped their respective groups in UEFA’s World Cup qualifying period, with Norway’s run particularly impressive after pipping Italy to first place.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Then, though, came a twist to rival even the famous night when Arsenal midfielder Thomas scored with what was effectively the final kick of the season away to Liverpool to clinch the 2-0 win required to pip their hosts to the First Division title in 1989.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Strengthening on the wing has been a top priority for Everton this summer, but they were pipped to the signings of top targets Francisco Conceicao and Johan Bakayoko by Juventus and RB Leipzig respectively.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Since then, Arsenal has flirted with a series of agonizing near misses, most notably pipped at the post by Manchester City in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 Premier League campaigns.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Last year, Alexander Isak’s eventual defection following a summer-long saga proved disastrous, hampering Newcastle’s own business, which had already been affected by Paul Mitchell’s departure as sporting director in May and by being pipped to their top targets.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • The only Premier League-era title to be decided on goal difference was in 2011-12, when Roberto Mancini’s City team pipped Manchester United on the final day to win City’s first top-flight title in 44 years.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • In the past 14 years, only once has the winner of the traditional season curtain-raiser gone on to lift the Premier League title (Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side, who pipped Liverpool by a solitary point in 2018-19).
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Total Football’s nearly moment It has largely been forgotten now, but the superb Total Football-playing Dutch team from the 1974 World Cup almost didn’t qualify for the competition — only pipping neighbours Belgium on goal difference following a tense 0-0 draw between the sides.
    — Will Jeanes, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Total Football’s nearly moment It has largely been forgotten now, but the superb Total Football-playing Dutch team from the 1974 World Cup almost didn’t qualify for the competition — only pipping neighbours Belgium on goal difference following a tense 0-0 draw between the sides.
    — Will Jeanes, New York Times, 20 June 2026

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