How to Use slippery in a Sentence

slippery

adjective

• The trails were muddy and slippery.
• Fish are slippery to hold.
• Be sure to wear shoes with a good grip, as the stones can be quite slippery.
  — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Then, Cummins lunged over to the garage’s roof, where the slant combined with the snow proved slippery.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• Foley and Lange each added a K and Lange got the save in the game, which had a late start and a slippery mound due to rain.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• The rain didn’t stay away long, however, and the walk back in the near dark was slippery on the ancient stones.
  — Kristen De Groot, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2023
• Bear in mind that logs and rocks used for footing can be slippery.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• What did George Toma say about why the Super Bowl 57 field was so slippery?
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
• Overnight, the building’s weight squished the soap until the beams became slippery.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• In their favor, the slippery-road traction of the new tires is much more tenacious.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2023
• In Ed Park’s new novel, the past is slippery, elusive, and alive.
  — Krys Lee, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2023
• This slippery approach to genre is a tenet of the New Narrative.
  — Daniel Felsenthal, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024
• 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 rocks had furry caps of algae that looked slippery.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Tip Be careful during this stage, as the husk and seed can be slippery.
  — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
• The lack of a rear spoiler emphasizes the slippery and elegant shape of the MX-6.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
• Keep in Mind The plastic on the base is slippery and doesn’t prevent it from sliding around.
  — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
• Caswell keeps things slippery, right down to his title.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2023
• The floor was slippery with water and blood, the fish bones cut into her hands, and the cold made her fingers and toes go numb.
  — Katie Johnston, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
• Some of the grippiest mats in our test were smooth and some textured ones were found to be slippery.
  — Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
• Keep in Mind These have a silky, slightly slippery feel that fans of cotton sheets might not love.
  — Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2024
• The sense of this purple masterpiece was a bit more slippery.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024
• Kunc bit on the shot fake and flew past Rice, parting the sea for a slippery Eurostep layup that just about blew the lid off the Longhorns’ new arena.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Feb. 2023
• Dela Cruz led me up steep, slippery trails and into three deep caves that the Japanese carved out of the volcanic rock.
  — Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
• The only slippery banana on the show is the superpowers.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
• Enter a magical world through the Fire Wave Trail, a 1.5-mile path that is easy aside from the sometimes slippery sand that makes up the trail.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 12 Feb. 2023
• With such a slippery grip on the vagaries of modern life, a homemade meal is a promise of comfort and calm.
  — Tucker Shaw, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023
• But this isn’t the first time transit riders have complained about slippery tiles.
  — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• The race itself ran in better conditions, but the track was still slippery.
  — Brad Spurgeon, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024