Sentence examples for only slides from inspiring English sources

Because the wing exits had only slides, and not slide-rafts like the doors, passengers who exited through those openings could have been marooned in the frigid water if rescue boats had not arrived before the plane sank.

On the one hand, when the external force is large, the carbon nanotube only slides on the substrate.

(3) Although 79 MTD types exist in the geological and engineering literature, only slides, slumps, and debrites are viable depositional facies for interpreting ancient stratigraphic records.

The idea's really simple: the front bit not only slides over, but pops out and locks (pop and lock?) to form a little hand grip, while simultaneously uncovering the lens.

Acompli's search feature is also powerful, with automatic suggestions that appear as you type, keyword highlighting, folder labels that show you where a message can be found, and a way to search for files – even filtering to show only "slides," "images" or "docs" to help you narrow searches.

Unlike a fixed unit, which lies flat and only slides in or out, an adjustable system glides smoothly and can also be locked in at a downward, or negative, angle, eliminating the cocked posturing at the wrist that leads to injury.

It only just slides past the left of the hole.

In the centuries after, we only slid down.

There have been precisely 8,719,390,284,861,458,371 sliding tackles in the history of football; this may be the only sliding header.

With only sliding panels between the rooms, Max said, there is not enough privacy, but Mr. Kenig promised them they would have more room to spread out when the basement is finished.

It was fabricated in Italy, and it is so exquisitely detailed that you can't see any moving metal parts in the elevator cab, only sliding surfaces of glass.