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Example sentences for: slipping

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In both polls, Center Party candidate Yitzhak Mordechai is slipping: He gets 8 percent from Gallup and 10 percent from Dahaf although--paradoxically and theoretically--he would still beat Netanyahu in the second round.
So Gillette is touting the rubberized boomerangs on its top and bottom as gripping aids, to keep it from slipping in your hands, even though the parallel ridges on the Sensor line probably work about as well.
The city seemed on the verge of slipping into Puget Sound and disappearing forever.
And if students are slipping structural cogs, we need a common language to communicate these problems: “John, you should use the possessive form before the gerund”, “Mary, try combining these two sentences by using an appositive.”
A catshank is a knot similar to a sheepshank but with an extra turn through the loops to prevent their slipping through.