Sentence examples for slippery for from inspiring English sources

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Words are very rascals, and language may still be too slippery for it.

Every postseason the slope gets a little more slippery for the Yankees.

"The concrete we put in was too slippery for the guys when they got out of the showers".

"You need an efficient car, one with a decent amount of downforce, but one which remains slippery for the straights".

(Leather is nice for sitting and is easy to clean quickly, but it can be hot and slippery for sleeping).

Carpet runners can rescue a floor dulled by wet shoes or a staircase too slippery for comfort.

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A cold rain fell in sheets at Yankee Stadium through most of Friday night's game, and while the conditions could have made for a slippery outcome for the Yankees, they were, after all, playing the Twins.

"It's a pretty slippery slope for schools," said Evan Daniels, an analyst for Scout.com.

Just as an assault weapon ban is the slippery slope for Second Amendment advocates, efforts to restrict violent images — or pornography, for that matter — is the slippery slope for First Amendment absolutists.

Therefore, adaptations of slippery surfaces for trapping small midges probably have to be different from those for larger and heavier flies or beetles.

Laurie Couch, a spokeswoman for the Service Employees International Union in Ohio, said the union-busting legislation was a "slippery slope" for private-sector workers like Dailey.

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