slipping

Example Sentences

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Following her absence from the tour, caused by a post-viral infection, Raducanu is set to miss out on a top-32 seeded position at Roland Garros after slipping to 37 in the world rankings.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Saar yelps in an elevated octave before slipping them on … And not two seconds later kicking them off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

And Wall Street’s hopes for rate cuts later this year—once the consensus view—are fast slipping away.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

But it also means that an increasing amount of questionable science is slipping through an overworked peer review process.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

It was exciting—almost too exciting because A.J. couldn’t hold my cage steady and I was slipping and sliding and bouncing until I was quite dizzy.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney