Sentence examples for a slippery line from inspiring English sources

Following a slippery line of succession that included several temporary governments, some of which lasted less than three weeks, François (Papa Doc) Duvalier assumed the Presidency, in 1957.

Froome said he did not believe that the Tour might be lost when he fell on a white line on a slippery descent on Friday.

It will be a slippery business.

But BeneCard Trust is an association whose members include New Jersey school boards and municipalities, so if Mr. Forrester were a Democrat, Republicans might describe that slippery line of reasoning as Clintonian.

Buck Shot is mercifully free of featured vocalists hoping to launch an MOR soul career, propelled instead by a slippery acid line and a stubborn beat aimed squarely at the dancefloor rather than the Topman changing rooms.

Mr. Resnais, who recently turned 91, has been exploring the slippery line between truth and illusion for a very long time, in playful and in somber moods.

What unites these disparate books are their themes — the fragmented and solitary nature of contemporary American life, the degradation of Rust Belt cities and towns, the slippery line between the working and middle class — and a distinct ability to turn toward the dark places from which other writers might avert their gaze.

Mr Beck may finally have crossed the slippery line of acceptable discourse by these claims.

Jay-Z's sturdy vintage material inspired a similar response, with even his more slippery lines being echoed verbatim in the hall.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, silver and dark green smother the sedan's conservatively slippery lines, leaving the SS all but invisible.

The Accident Investigation Board found that the metro had conducted insufficient testing of the braking system on steep slippery lines, had not adjusted the brakes satisfactorily, and had not maintained the trains and tracks sufficiently.