Sentence examples for were already slipping from inspiring English sources

Bordeaux were already slipping towards defeat in Rome by then, but it would be ignominious for Chelsea, last season's finalists, to depend on events beyond their control.

France was so torn between staying "French" and becoming prominently "European" that most of the politicians hadn't even noticed that their neighbors were already slipping women into office, and that they were doing it gracefully, without laws to persuade them.

At the same time, its specific details – who, exactly, played what role; who tied the noose; who pulled the triggers; who lied to protect the guilty – were already slipping through the fingers of anyone who tried to grasp them.

The traditional products were already slipping, and we had replaced that revenue.

Santorum may have been leading in the Real Clear Politics average when he gave his Feb. 20 speech, but at that point the numbers were already slipping away.

He was already slipping into retirement.

In Anbar, some say the security gains are already slipping.

Some officials worry the city is already slipping toward its lawless past.

But I'm already slipping backwards, runners nipping past me on both sides.

The hole I'm about to tumble into, the hole I'm already slipping into, is that of her silence".

The notion of retiring at 65 is already slipping away, at least as far as Social Security is concerned.