How to Use slippery in a Sentence

slippery

adjective

• The trails were muddy and slippery.
• Fish are slippery to hold.
• Who wants to deal with a greasy, slippery squeeze-tube?
  — Claire West, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
• Small hands reached out for the first slice, cool and slippery.
  — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2021
• Watch for slippery wet rocks at the top and please keep your dog on a leash.
  — Katie Linsky Shaw, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024
• Keep in mind, the sandy trail can feel slippery on the way down at the end.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
• Be sure to wear shoes with a good grip, as the stones can be quite slippery.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2024
• The walls and floors were covered in a slippery ooze of squid ink.
  — Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
• Bear in mind that logs and rocks used for footing can be slippery.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• My heart pounded, and my palms grew slippery against the wheel.
  — Jennifer Miller, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
• And yet with ice, with snow, that skating is a slippery sport.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
• Ice isn’t slippery, and packed snow in your tires improves the grip on snow.
  — Dan Carney, Popular Science, 12 Dec. 2020
• The trail was too narrow, the drop-offs too close, the rocks too slippery.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
• Words are slippery—just like the Force is not the same as a force in physics.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 4 May 2024
• At one point, his car rolls to a stop on a slippery road short of hitting a guardrail.
  — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
• The trails to both falls have steep and rocky terrain that can be loose and slippery when wet.
  — Krissy Waite, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
• Water shoes are also a must on the slippery rocks!
  — Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
• Be prepared for slippery roads.
  — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
• Leaves left on walkways and paths in the garden can be slippery when wet.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
• Grime and oil on the road surface mix with water to make the road slippery.
  — Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
• Not so long ago, another ice storm had trapped us atop our slippery hill.
  — Erin Austen Abbott, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2026
• Signs at the trailhead warn of slippery rocks and cold water at all times of year.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
• This residue can make floors slippery and more difficult to clean in the long run.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025
• There is almost no aspect of this tale that doesn’t feel slippery to the touch.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
• The group forded a thigh-high stream and traversed slippery rocks in the dark.
  — Mike Ives, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2020
• These canvases are too strange and slippery for that.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
• There in the snow, she’s tasked to swing heavy steel hooks on slippery floors and wield an ice skate like a knife.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
• This episode is slippery, and things are spinning out of control.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 June 2026
• The steps don't have grips on them, so the ladder may become slippery when wet.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2023
• Travis Kelce is slippery and seems to find open spaces and make the most of them.
  — cleveland, 13 Sep. 2021