slipperiness

Example Sentences

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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

If you’re determined to paint your concrete to add color, you can minimize the slipperiness by broadcasting a very fine amount of pure silica sand into the paint just after you apply it.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2024

The cause of this slipperiness was traced back to the way water freezes when it contains impurities and the unique structure where ice touches a solid material, called a quasi-liquid layer.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023

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