Sentence examples for slipped about from inspiring English sources

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index slipped about 0.1 percent and in Shanghai the composite index dropped 1 percent.

The currency, the leu, slipped about 0.7percentt against the dollar, but rose an equal amount against the euro.

It was also noticeable how Paxman slipped about from "we" to "they" and "English" to "British", as though, when confronted with a native, his sense of national identity and personal culpability was put to the test.

Astonishingly, the level of intelligence had slipped about eight notches.

Since then, it has slipped about 14percenttoto $5.20.

In September, Waterford reported that first half profits had slipped about 10%.

She'd been drunk once or twice herself but hadn't liked it, everything slipping about, and the way you felt in the morning.

Congenital dislocations should be divided into (1) those in which the bone slips about on the walls of the pelvis, and (2) those in which it is fixed.

In theory, it should be slipping about ten millimetres a year, roughly twice its observed rate.

Meanwhile, the actors, slipping about in a sea of squashed tomatoes, did their best to shield themselves from the blows.

As for bonds, RiskMetrics says the total return for the Lehman Aggregate bond index could slip about 0.6percentt.