How to Use let (something) slip in a Sentence

let (something) slip

phrase

• That’s six points that the Stars had in their grasp but let slip away.
  — Dallas News, 2 Feb. 2022
• There will be no careful accounting once the dogs of war have been let slip.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 June 2024
• Elsewhere in the email there are typos that Amazon wouldn’t let slip through.
  — Barry Collins, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• This is a historic moment for stability that the world should not let slip.
  — Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2024
• But Braun does let slip one small spoilery morsel about the future of Tom-and-Greg.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2021
• Then one day, Tre let slip another detail about his family life.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 9 Oct. 2022
• Some of those workers must do high-hazard work that requires expertise the country has largely let slip since the last days of the cold war.
  — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
• In allowing the goal, FC Cincinnati let slip what would have been its ninth shutout of the season.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 11 June 2023
• Ralph Fiennes, who plays a doctor in the film, previously let slip some other details.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
• Tucker hasn’t logged meaningful playoff minutes, but his voice and presence on the bench mirror the grit the Knicks refuse to let slip away.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
• The sale is the kind of opportunity that serious muscle car enthusiasts will not want to let slip by.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 June 2023
• Nekrasov, too, was anxious to advance his proposals, realizing the occasion could not be let slip.
  — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, National Review, 13 Oct. 2021
• There are also plans to release a documentary about touring in vans, and one member let slip something about a separate movie project.
  — New York Times, 1 Feb. 2021
• But that eighth inning represented an opportunity lost — a chance that the Royals let slip from their grasp.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
• The Kremlin boss still has broad military ambitions, as one of his generals let slip on Friday.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
• The star spinners had clearly gotten inside Australia's head as the tourists could not hold their nerve in the pivotal moment to let slip the initiative.
  — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• The representative let slip that the request required special handling.
  — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025
• On the rare occasion their teens do let slip their admiration for their parents' projects, the Fixer Upper stars can't help but bask in it.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• On the rare occasion that their teens do let slip their admiration for their parents' projects, the Fixer Upper stars can't help but bask in it.
  — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
• While populists extolled the common people and rejected the elite, Macron praised the reformist zeal of the elite and from time to time let slip his doubts about the virtues of the people.
  — Arthur Goldhammer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2018
• The producers have already let slip that the first season will include a significant time jump, and so some characters will be played by both younger and older actors this year.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022
• History then let slip several twists, including a disappearing fence and the discovery of dozens of unmarked graves.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Dec. 2021
• Elsewhere, a clip went viral after showing how a man accidentally let slip a pregnancy announcement to the rest of the family.
  — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
• Pavlou wondered whether the consulate had mobilized the opposition, especially after a leader of the pro-Beijing side let slip that some in his group weren’t students.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
• Whereas Sajak occasionally let slip some cranky uncle-type comments, especially in his later years, Seacrest’s banter is still a bit on the stiff side.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
• The rumor mill was further energized last week after a Microsoft executive let slip that the system would launch this week in an interview with the German press.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 14 Mar. 2023
• Lehkonen doesn’t speak with Denver media members all that often, and personal details like the ones MacKinnon let slip are a rarity.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2025
• In that interview, Murphy let slip that his character Donkey, the trusty sidekick of Myers’ ogre Shrek, also will be getting his own spinoff movie.
  — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 July 2024
• Some major additions have already been shown off, such as new weapons and a rework to the customs map, but in an interview, Nikita let slip a couple of other additions that do not seem to have been shown off just yet.
  — Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
• The news was actually let slip a couple of hours early by the official Facebook page for Pokémon in the Philippines, but confirmed during the presentation.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025