Used in a Sentence

tilting

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tilting.

Editorial note

So for me the piece is very unstable, tilting back and forth between these two poles.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The motion of something that tilts; a tilt.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tilting gathered in one view.

noun

The motion of something that tilts; a tilt.

noun

A charging with (or as if with) a lance, as in jousting.

noun

The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tilting.

noun

The motion of something that tilts; a tilt.

noun

A charging with (or as if with) a lance, as in jousting.

noun

The process by which blister steel is rendered ductile by being forged with a tilt hammer.

adjective

(mathematics) Having the property that it is the quotient of a projective module by a projective submodule, having an ext functor with itself of 0, and there being a right module as the kernel of a surjective morphism between finite direct sums of its direct summands.

Example sentences

1

So for me the piece is very unstable, tilting back and forth between these two poles.

2

A security blanket for those addicted to their mobiles and trying to curb that constant neck-tilting and screen-tapping.

3

Acela, for example, was supposed to be a high-speed service, enabled by a tilting mechanism to counter turning forces.

4

The same you can stand on a Segway: As long as it moves itself under your center of gravity when tilting.

5

The only problem was tilting my head too fast, made my neck joints creak.

6

If tilting your head repeatedly and talking to yourself was not enough, touching yourself all over the body will definitely make you look awkward!

7

Or how would it look if suddenly people started getting a goatse instead of the latest video of Jony Ivy tilting his head to the side?

8

Trying to compete with the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, or Google without billions of dollars is tilting against windmills, but to say 'getting into cloud' requires several billion dollars at the outset is a bit of an overstatement.

9

Slow, wobbly, tilting, and falling often.

10

I would like to see, just once in my life, our population respond to a tragedy with calm deliberation rather than knee-jerk reactionary tilting at windmills.

11

> Tilting at those windmills is important, and might be a cause worthy of devoting your life to it, but it's not everyone's calling.

12

I will stop tilting at this one, for lack of OpenBSD-specific examples, but I'm really just advocating for better information - not reducing hardware support or anything so nonsensical.

Quote examples

1

They might start with "A Swiftly Tilting Planet", set on the brink of a nuclear war.

2

Another time I used the expression "Tilting at Windmills", and again that was lost on some people.

3

It would seem to me that a simple application of "you will catch more flies with honey than with vinegar" is all that's at play here, and that the author is tilting at windmills.

4

"Tilting at windmills" means attacking imaginary enemies, you really can't have it both ways of calling work on eradicating racism, sexism, and other bigotries "Tilting at windmills" and then say it's important.

Proper noun examples

1

Tilting at those windmills is important, and might be a cause worthy of devoting your life to it, but it's not everyone's calling.

2

Tilting a laptop sideways is not a good solution for that.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tilting in a sentence?

So for me the piece is very unstable, tilting back and forth between these two poles.

What does tilting mean?

The motion of something that tilts; a tilt.

What part of speech is tilting?

tilting is commonly used as noun, adjective.