Sentence examples for skid down from inspiring English sources

b The second wire may skid down the lateral cortex during introduction.

Waterfalls skid down from the mountains, and far below, the Dudh Kosi wriggles its way through inaccessible gorges.

They scope out urban landscapes to find rails to skid down and walls to slam their skis against.

But according to the model presented here today at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union, chunks of warming dry ice may also break off from the crests of dunes and skid down slopes.

A motorcyclist skidded down, then a skier, then the legendary taxi.

Then, with their blades skidding down at a crazy angle, they rush past – whooosh!

Over the short years since, the price has twice been more than double the so-called worst case, and then twice also come skidding down by two-thirds.

Then came a freak accident: she was running along the trails when a joyrider, going too fast, skidded down near her, sending a sharp stone flying into a knee.

One of the particularly absurd arguments against allowing gays to marry is that such a lapse would send us skidding down that dreadful slope to legalization of incest, polygamy, bestiality and so forth.

Snow is for people who don't mind when it trickles down their backs or seeps through their shoes -- the kind of people who yell "Whee!" and "Do it again!" when they're traveling in a car skidding down an icy hill.

Speaking to the economic affairs committee of the House of Lords, he said the impact of the current uncertainty was already being felt in the fall in the number of commercial property transactions, while jittery markets had sent the pound skidding down 10% since the beginning of the year.