slipperiness
Example Sentences
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ALTER: The likelihood of accidents depends on the floor’s “coefficient of friction,” a measure of slipperiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In Rachel Aviv’s new essay collection ‘You Won’t Get Free of It,’ she explores childhood trauma, mental illness and the slipperiness of truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The court also heard that the police had not tested the slipperiness, or co-efficient of friction, of the road surface where the car was said to have lost control.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
In turn, there can be some slipperiness in the way companies talk about their privacy and security promises.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2025
But Diderot’s peculiar chapter also serves as a warning: with its dream framing, its monsters and its allegories, its linguistic slipperiness, it conveys a sense of difficulty.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
