slipping

Example Sentences

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The consumer-confidence survey had reached a four-month high of 93.8 in April, before slipping to 93.1 in May.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Indian assets had already fallen from investors’ grace, stocks and the rupee slipping for much of last year as capital departed to jump on the artificial-intelligence train in China, South Korea, or Taiwan.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Dehydrated and slipping in and out of conciousness, he said the two English words he knew: “political asylum.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

A season-long team-up would be a basketball purist’s dream—even if it also seems about as strange as Magic Johnson slipping into Celtics green.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

A deep whooshing sort of sigh, like some important part of her is slipping out of her mouth and into the cold night air.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy