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Sentence examples for the slippery from inspiring English sources

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the slippery

adjective

Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc.

  • Oily substances render things slippery.

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Quite the slippery slope.

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The New Yorker

The slippery slope.

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The New York Times

Who has the slippery grasp?

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The New York Times

We must avoid the slippery slope ahead.

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The Guardian

We're down the slippery slope toward chaos.

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The New York Times

We are now on the slippery slope.

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The Guardian - Music

The slippery Wilson was not forgiven.

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The Guardian

What of the slippery slope argument?

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The Guardian - Opinion

The slippery fabric slides under her fingers.

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The New Yorker

She tumbled on the slippery surface.

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The Guardian - Lifestyle

It, too, had been on the slippery downhill market slope.

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The New York Times
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