How to Use tilt in a Sentence

tilt

1 of 2 verb
  • The green tilts back and to the left.
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • That’s the matchup that tilts this pick for me.
    — Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The wheel will tilt in your favor!
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 June 2026
  • The bathroom floor seemed to tilt.
    — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
  • We’re tilted one way right now.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Ford tilts his head back with a chuckle.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
  • My dad tilted his head and looked at me for a minute.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
  • Sharpe doesn’t need a big scoring night to tilt the floor.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Pam Bondi got to tilt her neck up to stay awake.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Alone in her kitchen, where no one can see, Pam tilts her chair back.
    — Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Pick up the box and tilt it from side to side, so the marble rolls around.
    — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
  • His eyes tilt up toward the camera while his chin pulls south.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Are their head tilts just subconscious at this point?
    — Max Gao, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Tuck your chin, tilt your head side to side, and rotate your neck left to right.
    — Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Just press the foot lever at the base and tilt the entire tent forward.
    — Erica Zazo, Outside, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But all of a sudden our ship tilted to one side, to the right side.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Too flat tilts your head back; too thick pushes your chin forward.
    — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Of course, the mail ballots tilted left.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 June 2026
  • Lugers tilt to an imaginary track.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Even the display screen tilts forward.
    — New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2026
  • It is tilted with heavyweight matchups.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
  • Heads tilted upward, phones came out.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 May 2026
  • Don’t tilt the blade sideways, which might cause a corner to dig in and scratch.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • His head tilted like a puppy waiting for a treat.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • That was really the moment when the show tilts and changes.
    — Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The seat tilts forward with the press of a button on the seat shoulder.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Lie back on the bed with your head tilted slightly downward off the bed.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Yet the very momentum that drives this progress also tilts the scales.
    — Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The seats tilt and rumble as the game progresses.
    — Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The green stretches about 30 yards wide and is tilted back to front.
    — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2023

tilt

2 of 2 noun
  • But never two goals, four points and a tilt.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The reason lies in the tilt of the moon's orbit.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • New cameras can pan, tilt and zoom across campus.
    — John Wisely, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Now, there’s a bit more juice added to an already heavyweight tilt.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The tilt against consumers is getting worse.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The back one's tilt down, the front one's tilt up to stop the sheer forces in the fuselage.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
  • While not used often by gamers, a good mouse will also have tilt click scroll.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Things settled down up front, but in a tight tilt, those are the little things that add up.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Other units have tilt sensors that shut off before the heater falls.
    — Andrew Waite, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Indeed, real rays swim with a slight upward tilt.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Eggs slide right out at a tilt of the wrist, potstickers pop free with a gentle nudge.
    — Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
  • But right now, the tilt is especially strong.
    — Rob Day, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • That subtle head tilt toward their laptop screen?
    — Stacey Hanke, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • This is a music stand with adjustable height and tilt that is meant to keep up your sheet music.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 29 Apr. 2021
  • One which changes profoundly with the tilts and turn of the planet, yet its essence holds true.
    — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 May 2026
  • Along with the drop in bat speed, Ramos’ swing is slightly shorter and has more tilt.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Rollins fought back with a series of chops, but was caught in a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • But the idea is that putting on clothes that are more formal tilts you more towards that abstract side.
    — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Pan means that the camera can move from side to side, while tilt refers to the up and down movement of the lens.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Every tilt between the Spurs and Knicks has come down to the wire.
    — Joelle Gross, NBC news, 11 June 2026
  • The Iron Rattler is the world’s tallest tilt coaster.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Three of those defensemen have an offensive tilt to their game as well.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The end of that Warriors tilt was like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
  • There's a joystick nearby for thumb control of gimbal pan and tilt.
    — PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The height- and tilt-adjustable stand is a $400 extra.
    — Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The two screwed up a tilt-a-whirl spot, but Breakker made up for it with a standing moonsault.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Eyes can now point to another crossover tilt against a contender.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
  • All tiebreakers are settled via team resume, not an extra tilt.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • James has three games on his docket before getting to that home tilt against the Bucks.
    — cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The stand is heavy and sturdy, and the tilt of the table can be adjusted, as can the height.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 June 2026

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