Sentence examples for slippery hold from inspiring English sources

Still, he achieves an autumnal tone as he ruminates on memory's slippery hold on life and on art.

Rumours about the fragility of French banks and their ability to cope with losses from Greek debt has thrown a spotlight on the wider woes of the economy and its slippery hold on its triple-A rating.

In a season in which the traditional power North Carolina has lost four straight games, underclassmen-heavy West Coast teams like Arizona and Stanford have a slippery hold near the top of the polls and newcomers like Auburn try to show they are for real, the Big East is perhaps the most reliable testing ground.

The texturised metal overhang also provides a slightly sharp ridge that makes the Xperia Z2 much less slippery to hold than its predecessor and some other glass-clad smartphones such as the LG-made Google Nexus 4. All of Sony's high-end smartphones and tablets have been waterproof for the past couple of years and the Xperia Z2 is no exception.

"Her ears she displayed like items taken from under the counter and put before a discerning customer in one of the town's curio shops, but when he tried to test the depth of her eyes with his, her glance proved too slippery to hold; he picked it up and dropped it, retrieved it, dropped it again until it slid away and hid".

These glands secrete mucus and a range of toxins that make frogs slippery to hold and distasteful or poisonous.

Most shirts are made with fabric that will stay in place on its own, but if you're wearing a shirt made of silk or another slippery fabric, hold it in place with a safety pin.

However, the world record holder for rock skipping admits that a perfectly round and smooth stone is too slippery to hold; he prefers a stone with a chip or a bump that he can grip so that he can get the most spin.[4].

If the handle is slippery and difficult to hold, try roughening it with coarse-grit sandpaper.

Its metal body and rounded edges feel very nice in the hand and the most premium in this group, but its metal back can be slippery, which makes holding onto the large phone more difficult.

It was slippery and Johnston held the Queen by the arm as she went down the stairs.