slipperiness

Example Sentences

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Still, her slipperiness was something that attracted the actor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 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

This slipperiness creates a climate of fear that inhibits teaching on many subjects and appears to be driving out some of the system’s best teachers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 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