Sentence examples for a slipping from inspiring English sources

Maybe I was thinking of the overall shape a slipping ladder would make.

Later that day a piece of rope was discovered tied into a slipping noose in a drawer in the garage.

Although a slipping IMS index is not a foolproof gauge of recession, it suggests that the eight-month recovery in America's manufacturing may well be faltering.

He scraped some paint away so that the face became blurred and slightly separated from the head, like a slipping mask.

In recent years both diesel and electric trains have been fitted with computer systems that reduce power to a slipping wheel until it grabs the track.

The commercial was a cheeky take on Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" (a slipping top) during the half-time show at the 2004 game.

The system also relies heavily on traction controls, applying the brake to a slipping wheel and feeding torque to tires with grip.

But now of course, it has won best picture, which means everyone has to hate it as a usurper in a slipping crown.

Mr. Davis had vowed to increase education spending by 6.4percentt, despite the state's energy problems and projections of a slipping economy.

Its smoky mix of chemicals and images (including several works by the German painter Sigmar Polke) creates a slipping, sliding technically mysterious miasma that suggests a kind of urban cave painting.

My hands – hand – simply wouldn't work, and it wasn't just in a slipping-off-keys manner, which would be at least understandable given the amount of ash I'd spilt on my keyboard down the years.