Sentence examples for as it slipped from inspiring English sources

Bryan biographer Paulo E. Coletta wrote, "during this year [July 1894 June 1895] of calamities, disintegration and revolution, each crisis aided Bryan because it caused division within his party and permitted him to contest for its mastery as it slipped from Cleveland's fingers".

The tick of the oven timer sounded hoarse as it slipped into its last minutes.

In July Chrysler's U.S. market share tumbled to 10.1%, its lowest since 1984, as it slipped to number five, behind GM, Toyota Motor, Ford and Honda Motor.

But the scale of the SDLP collapse - its vote fell by 4.98 points as it slipped from first to fourth place - shocked party veterans.

I saw one on a bank of heather and thyme, caught it, and allowed it to glide over my hand, but as it slipped away I gripped the extreme tip of its tail.

The shell, which I sliced off with a knife to get into my egg, is made of chalky calcium carbonate, and it was added to my egg as it slipped down from the hen's oviduct into its shell gland or uterus.

Spain has emerged as the central test this year after missing its deficit targets as it slips back into recession.

Then its miniature wings begin to flap as it slips under the door and darts along the street.

I think of the way water gathers as it slips down an icicle's length, pauses to build its glossy drop, becomes too fat to hang on, plummets down.

We'll be there — trying not to be there — documenting it as it slips away.

Rome has started to give off a stale smell, as it slips back into old habits.