How to Use wing tip in a Sentence

wing tip

noun
  • Suit jacket, sharp tie, wing tips, garter socks, no pants, ass out.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Ailerons are segments on the trailing edge near the wing tips.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2016
  • If wing tips are present, remove and reserve them to make stock.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Fold the wing tips under and in and place the legs toward the breast.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Skewer neck skin to back, tie legs to tail, and twist wing tips under back.
    — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body.
    — Robin Miller, azcentral, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Tie ends of legs together with kitchen twine; tuck wing tips behind back.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Tuck the wing tips under the breast, and turn the thighs in toward the body of the turkey.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Don’t forget to save the carcass and wing tips for a world-beating pot of collard greens.
    — Elizabeth G. Dunn and Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
  • Tuck wing tips underneath body (this will prevent them from burning).
    — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Tie together legs and tuck wing tips under chicken.
    — Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Adult wing tips feature black specks defined in gray, and their forewing is gray with black spots of various sizes.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 29 July 2025
  • Tuck wing tips under; transfer turkey to prepared roasting pan, breast side up.
    — Nicole Hopper, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Turn chicken breast side down and use shears to cut along both sides of the backbone to remove it (save for stock along with those wing tips).
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The bird still sports the beautiful wing pattern of a crisp black at the wing tips with a stark, white stripe running through both wings.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2019
  • The Rest Any recipe worth its wing tip will tell you that a chicken needs to rest post-roast and pre-carving.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Save trimmings in the freezer, such as chicken backs, wing tips and the remains from roasted chickens.
    — Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • TikTok user @charlbowers posted a video showing what appears to be a wing tip bent in half.
    — Colson Thayer, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Tie turkey legs together using kitchen twine; tuck wing tips under, if desired.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Simply simmer the backbones (or wing tips or necks) in a small pot with water to cover by 2 inches.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Aerial footage of the crash site showed the aircraft was painted in bright primary colors with stars and stripes on its wingtips and tail.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • The carcass, feet, wing tips and neck were then saved for broth, but to get even more from the bird, the meaty parts of the wings were turned into hors d’oeuvres or staff meals.
    — David Tanis, New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • As a rule of thumb, the best dress sneakers to pair with a suit will have an upper that looks like a dress shoe, such as a wingtip, derby, or other lace-up.
    — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
  • Prepare the turkey for roasting by pulling out the giblets, cutting off the wing tips with a sharp knife or a scissors and removing the neck.
    — Kim Severson, The Seattle Times, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Optional wing tips are included to help keep them secure and comfortable.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 22 May 2026
  • There were hawks and turkey vultures, their wing tips like fingers, and bald eagles, turning in wide circles with barely a beat of their wings.
    — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The engineers also added folding wing tips to ensure that a large wing can fit in the current gate infrastructure.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Tie ends of legs together with kitchen twine, tuck wing tips under, and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Use any combination of meaty drumettes, wingettes, flats or wing tips, or buy whole wings and break them down, cutting at the joints to separate each wing into three pieces.
    — Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • To prepare your turkey for roasting, remove the giblets, gizzard, liver, and neck from the cavity, then tuck the wing tips back behind its body.
    — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2022

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