slipping
IPA: sɫˈɪpɪŋ
noun
- The act of something that slips; a slip; a skidding or sudden loosening motion.
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Examples of "slipping" in Sentences
- Wake up your numbers are slipping, is that big bad republican machine too.
- Do I have a problem with Palin slipping over the border to take advantage of free healthcare?
- Sensing his once-a-year opportunity again slipping away, he slapped himself in the face after losing one frantic rally.
- Its make believe - a program that is again slipping, to 2017, that is WAY over budget, without hardware actually flying?
- There was real purpose from him this round, he knew what was at stake and no doubt felt the title slipping away from him.
- If it was chosen for particular reasons [reasons which may not apply to numbers less than 20], then the chance of slipping is less.
- If you worry your boy is slipping from the land of reading, find lots of magazines and websites dealing with his hobbies or interests.
- Recent public polling that says that this issue is slipping from the public consciousness are going to have an impact on this next Congress.
- Economists polled by Dow Jones predict it will fall from a 50.9 reading in July to 49.1—slipping, in other words, below the 50 level that indicates expansion.
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