slippery
Example Sentences
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Fix the Fells' partnership manager Isabel Berry said the route's "sloping, slippery surface is currently difficult to walk on" leading people to use the areas at either side.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
It’s also a slippery slope: once you get used to having a little more cash in your bank account, it can be tempting to lower the percentage even further.
From MarketWatch • May 30, 2026
There’s no missing the point, and clarity can be essential when grappling with something as slippery as grief.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
Very serious games begin when Jimmy Sullivan, a slippery charmer from Honor’s past, becomes her fifth—and most ill-fated—tenant.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
And so I poured the ugly liquid into a small bottle and ran with it over the slippery, rain-washed streets of Haarlem.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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