tiptoed

"Thank you, sir -- I thank you," he said, and, without more ado, tiptoed from the room.

CHAPTER XXIV 2010

Billy Louise looked, found her vision blurring with her own tears, and turned and tiptoed from the room.

The Ranch at the Wolverine 1914

"Thank you, sir -- I thank you," he said, and, without more ado, tiptoed from the room.

Chapter 24 1914

One's senses become lulled to everything save bliss, for the clank and clamour of life have tiptoed from the room leaving you — I wasn't asleep.

Janey Canuck in the West Emily Ferguson 1910

McCain tiptoed around the news of the day, excerpts from former White House press secretary Scott McClellan’s forthcoming book that accuse the Bush administration of using propaganda to convince the American public war in Iraq was justified.

McCain says Obama's Iraq trip would convince him of success 2008

Bobby Hargrew, her arm still in a sling, seized Jess Morse by the wrist and "tiptoed" along the corridor of the second wing of Central High, where the small offices were located, and with tragic expression pointed to a certain door that stood ajar.

The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize 1914

The expression "tiptoed" is here used to indicate the extreme caution of Cap'n Cod's entrance, and his evident desire to effect it as noiselessly as possible.

Raftmates A Story of the Great River Kirk Munroe 1890

As he made haste and 'tiptoed' into our lane in front of us (again, traveling at 75MPH), he spun out in the side-ravine.

Metal Underground.com 2010

I tiptoed down the hallway to my room and undressed in darkness before crawling into bed.

Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011

At two in the morning, I closed the door to my apartment without making a sound, took off my sandals, and tiptoed into my home without turning on a light.

Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011