Sentence examples for The slippery from inspiring English sources

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The slippery

adjective

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.

Oily substances render things slippery.

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The slippery slope.

The New York Times

The slippery Wilson was not forgiven.

The Guardian

The slippery fabric slides under her fingers.

The New Yorker

The slippery conditions have kept some soldiers in their rooms.

The Washington Post

The slippery slope is what Mill called liberty.

The New Yorker

The slippery slope is slippery indeed.

Huffington Post

The slippery and windy conditions caused miscues on both sides.

Wikipedia

Quite the slippery slope.

The New Yorker

Who has the slippery grasp?

The New York Times

We must avoid the slippery slope ahead.

The Guardian

We're down the slippery slope toward chaos.

The New York Times

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