Example sentences for: slippery

How can you use “slippery” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (Livingston does not seem to notice the obvious conflict between Points 3 and 4, nor the factual difficulties raised by Point 2.) Shields is dumbstruck by Livingston's slippery deftness but gets off this quip: "I have no idea whose side you're on or whom you're defending but I know you just endorsed the New Testament."

  • Who better to strip away the hubris and slippery moralizing of both sides in this case than the man who really can distill consumer harm down to a decimal point?

  • Even if Clinton hadn't run as a New Democrat, he's self-confident and slippery enough to avoid giving anybody more than he has to.

  • Try to visit early or late in the day to avoid the tour groups, or on Mondays, when most tours don’t operate; and remember to wear comfortable, flat shoes as there are many slippery stones worn smooth over the centuries, and numerous uneven areas where heels can catch.

  • Both underworlds have constant, comfortable temperatures year ‘round, but they are dripping with a humidity that makes the going slippery.


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