Sentence examples for both slips from inspiring English sources

I used to imagine that this was some enterprising librarian's subtle attempt at reverse psychology: perhaps at the mere sight of the word "donation," some wealthy library patron might write a million-dollar check, affix it to a note saying that the funds should be used for a new fiction wing, and toss both slips of paper into the bin.

But we soon forgot both slips of the tongue and became lost in the sound and meaning of the inaugural address which we found greatly moving - short words, beautifully assembled and resolutely uttered, by a man summoned to act in wisdom and determined to do so.

Thus, the dashed feedback to management reflects uncertainty about how much information relative to both slips and floor cleaning activities is being reported back to managers.

Labour's recovery appears to have been helped by a last-week squeeze at the political fringe: Ukip and the Greens both slip back two points, to 11% and 3% respectively.

Pursue your other dream, Brumwell said, before both slip away.

European stock markets and the euro both slipped lower.

In 2009 both recovered, and did reasonably well until this year, when both slipped again (see article).

Maintaining the optimal state requires both slipping up and improvement in roughly equal measure.

Both slip easily into the earnest, humble-of-the-earth mode of liberal God talk.

Beijing's flagship universities both slipped: Tsinghua from 30th to 35th, and Peking University from 38th to 45th.

Mrs. Kennedy agreed but then reminded her that at times they both slipped away for some shopping.