slip along

Example Sentences

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“Sometimes they give us information, yes we’re going to act, but then we slip along the same way.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

The thinking cut channels in which I now slip along.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019

Constituting what is known as the South Tibetan fault system, these faults share geometric similarities with the thrust faults, but rocks slip along this system in the opposite direction.

From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2015

“There’s only so much a classroom teacher can do for behavior issues or emotional outbursts,” said Ms. Casanova, who has received a pink slip along with all 282 counselors in the district.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2013

Then, every day, two different officers would count the class, as if we were inmates, and present the completed count slip, along with a fire and safety report, to Sergeant Bloom.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover