Sentence examples for slipped closer from inspiring English sources

Once-great Borussia Moenchengladbach slipped closer to relegation after its 3-0 loss at home to MSV Duisburg.

At the other end of the standings, Hull, with the American striker Jozy Altidore being sent off, slipped closer to relegation with a 1-0 loss to Sunderland.

Getafe slipped closer to the relegation places in 17th with 40 points, one ahead of 18th-placed Real Zaragoza, who visit fellow strugglers Real Sociedad (41) on Wednesday.

In the three games before he went to Pittsburgh, Sanchez registered three below-average efforts, and in those games, the Jets' once-promising season slipped closer to collapse.

The United Nations security council voted to increase the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan on Tuesday, as the world's newest country slipped closer to civil war.

But he said that NATO should be prepared to intervene militarily, with the consent of the Macedonian government, if the peace talks failed and the nation slipped closer to civil war.

In Argentina, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has seen her approval ratings fall below 30% as the economy has slipped close to recession.

They told of state budgets that have slipped close to or into the red, requiring special legislative sessions to make painful adjustments.

Yields on two-year Treasury notes slipped close to 1%.One of the newest sources of worry is the market for commercial property, which had held up until recently but is now crumbling.

Now they all sat talking on the terrace in an evening light as thick as syrup; clouds of insects swarmed above the Japanese water features, swallows slipped close along the earth, a blackbird sang.

In recent months, prompted by the investor enthusiasm over the F.C.C.'s plan to loosen regulations on media ownership the price climbed above $6 a share, but it has since slipped, closing the quarter at $4.96.