Sentence examples for it slips past from inspiring English sources

Just when you think you're getting there, like a well-aimed cross court forehand, it slips past you.

Other partygoers with intact glasses assume that it is easy to spot the barb before letting it touch your mouth, but often it slips past your sight and the holiday warmth is replaced by the metallic taste of blood.

The intended purpose is not important to know for this guide, but remember that this notch will "click" every time it slips past the lever (stationary part attached to the fence).

The US parent company forbade announcement of the closure of the UK operation near Stroud, Gloucestershire, with a loss of more than 100 jobs, and it slipped past unnoticed by the national media, said a former spokesman.

Johnston barely managed any power on his shot, but the goalkeeper somehow let it slip past him and over the line.

But if one slips past, management lets it go.

The track just missed hitting the eight million mark shortly after it was released, and it barely slipped past Adele's "Hello," which also came close to that milestone back in late 2015.

A sailboat slips past on the blue water.

Speaking of the Cloisters and Palisades citation, Ms. Burnham said: "It's maybe slipped past people how monumental it could be if buildings above that tree line start going up.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. bomb experts are picking apart a sophisticated new al-Qaida improvised explosive device, a top Obama administration counterterrorism official said Tuesday, to determine if it could have slipped past airport security and taken down a commercial airplane.

There is always something bad about what is going on in the present, but as soon as it slips into the past, it turns into something good".