sideslip

Example Sentences

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It was almost as though, if he moved fast enough and squeezed in enough events, he might sideslip the 18th of June altogether and proceed to the next golden stage, untouched and untallied.

From Time • Jun. 19, 2012

Several times we got caught in the lights, but I managed to sideslip out of them each time.

From Time Magazine Archive

As Pilot John Andrews banked for a last low turn over a corner of the field, a sharp up-current caught one wing, threw the plane into a sideslip, a crash.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the nose of the X-15, a grapefruit-sized electronic wizard familiarly known as "the Q-ball" gauged the basic critical factors�direction, sideslip, friction�and told Joe Walker that he could safely press for the record.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rudder wouldn’t let me sideslip, and even at low speed with flaps down and no power the blasted thing wanted to stick its nose up.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein