Sentence examples for games slip from inspiring English sources

"We let our last two games slip away," said James Harden, who scored 23 off the bench for the Thunder.

"Right now, we've let some games slip away, and you can't do that in a pennant race," Collins said.

FIELDING RED SOX First baseman John Olerud has stabilized an often inconsistent defense, but Boston can still let games slip through its fingers.

For two weeks, the Knicks had let winnable games slip away because of bonehead plays, untimely fouls and forced shots down the stretch.

They try to review everything -- more than 200 games a year, he said -- "but we sometimes let a few of the kids' games slip by, since they're not really skewed for our readers".

With the best part of a full week to prepare for the match, with no Europa League match in midweek, the team might finally manage to pull themselves together and stop letting games slip in the final stages as they have done of late.

That gives fans a feel for how many important chances (or games) slipped away.

But they held on, meaning the Terriers have won just once in their last six games, slipping to fourth in the Championship.

England, the only other team to have won its first two games, slipped to second on points difference after it struggled to eke out a 17-12 victoverover Italy in Rome on Sunday.

Chad Ochocinco, held without a reception in his last three games, slipped behind Revis for a 53-yard gain, and four plays later Gostkowski booted a 36-yard field goal that extended New England's lead to 6-0.

For team-mate Iain Percy, his dream of a third Olympic gold in four Games slipped agonisingly from his grasp.