Sentence examples for slipping apart from inspiring English sources

Today, the nation is slowly and inexorably slipping apart.

Mr. Corsini had welded a loop (patent pending) into the handle of the ax to hold the pointed pick of the Halligan, which has blunted teeth like the back of a giant hammer, to keep the tools from slipping apart when a firefighter is running into a fire.

As the video continues, the singer and her lover's hands are shown slowly slipping apart, with only their fingertips touching towards the conclusion of the video.

Otherwise, the petals risk slipping apart.

Here the image of enchanted genius and Chagall's actual achievement begin to slip apart.

When you push against the edge, the halves slip apart; the previously concealed bottom half reveals a silver speaker grille.

If fists slip apart in mid-wrestle, the referee will stop the match and tie the contestants' hands together with a leather strap, then resume the fight.

The sheets slipped apart and she fell to her death.

If your tendons are loose, the instrument could potentially slip apart and cause serious damage.

The night before, as a children's choir sang some of the freedom songs of the townships, Clinton let his lips slip slightly apart, an expression signalling pleasure and awe, and here, as Gates described his interest in technology — "The computer you have now is a million times as powerful as the computers Microsoft first made software for" — he nodded, narrowing his eyes.

The Schmid factors show that all slip systems, apart from the basal slip system, are active at the early stage of deformation.