Sentence examples for were slips from inspiring English sources

As in the Liszt and Schumann, there were slips and stray notes, but they tended to be slight distractions within readings that were otherwise technically secure.

Though some of the mistakes have been mere slips, they were slips of a sort that a candidate who claims a close familiarity with America's founding ought never to have made.

The MAEs contained descriptions of 23 active failures, of which 8 were mistakes (5 knowledge based and 3 rule based), 7 were slips, 4 were lapses and 4 were deliberate violations of policy.

Other Republicans were slipping away.

There were slip-ups, all the same.

And perhaps INXS were slipping.

Things were slipping fast out of control.

Sales are slipping.

Time is slipping away.

Home ownership is slipping.

But demand is slipping.