Sentence examples for slip a switch from inspiring English sources
The all-wheel-drive system sends power to the front wheels until it detects slip (a switch can lock the system into a 50-50 torque split), so handling is benign in typical front-wheel-drive fashion.
Slip a clean diaper quickly underneath your child's rear end, thereby switching the new for the old.
Then, with the lead down to two and the clock ticking down on the third quarter, Martin took a feed from Kidd and drove from the left corner, switching hands and slipping a left-handed layup off the backboard and in with just 1.8 seconds left.
An even bigger obstacle, however, is that gene therapy, a technology that is still unproven, would be needed to slip light-switch genes into a patient's nerve cells.
"Sure that outlet's being switched off was your fault?" Gertrude fished, slipping a ready-meal lasagne into the microwave.
The ball was switched to the blindside and Luke Wallace slipped a pass to his fly-half who darted over by the posts.
Nishikori slipped a forehand long.
Dr. Walsh stood, walked to the adjacent wall, and slipped an X-ray onto the illuminator, which he switched on.
A slight slip could switch control of the Senate, or of the House, or of numerous governors' mansions.
During the interview, his thoughts seemed to slip from one parallel track to another as though a switch had failed.
