Sentence examples for were slippery from inspiring English sources

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were 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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But they were slippery.

Tiles around these were slippery.

The floors were slippery with mud.

The conditions of Libeskind's appointment were slippery, however.

Sometimes they were slippery, like fistfuls of tiny silvery fish.

The flanks of the horse were slippery with foam.

The mountain tracks leading to the Maneri helipad were slippery.

Commutes were slippery messes, where they were possible at all.

With temperatures around freezing and high humidity, streets and sidewalks were slippery and icey.

The Democratic offers were slippery, and President Obama didn't put them in writing.

The part-time system should be shifted into 4-wheel drive only if the road were slippery.

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