Slipping

Examples

• But this time when he talked about Madrid there was no slipping into make-believe again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• That does not matter to me, replied the Count, slipping the picture into his pocket. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• This proved to be a most knotty and intricate puzzle--tricky and evasive--always leading on and promising something, and at the last slipping away leaving the work undone. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Slipping out, she ran down and, finding a servant, asked if he could get her a carriage. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You may go, boys, said George, slipping a quarter into the hand of each. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Writing a second time to Mr. Fairlie was not to be thought of--it would only be giving him a second opportunity of slipping through my fingers. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He will--he doth, most Reverend Father, said Malvoisin, slipping the glove under his own mantle. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Presently, Edward stopped at a gateway, and Wegg discreetly lost no time in slipping out at the back of the truck. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I confess that I felt easier in my mind when, after following Holmes' example and slipping off my shoes, I found myself inside the bedroom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Trabb had sliced his hot roll into three feather-beds, and was slipping butter in between the blankets, and covering it up. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• O endless vocatives that would still leave expression slipping helpless from the measurement of mortal folly! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Slipping quietly through this opening I discovered a maze of winding corridors, branching and turning in every direction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• They had not yet seen me, and so I lost no time in slipping into the first intersecting corridor that I could find. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Here I could not avoid opening my eyes somewhat wide, and even slipping in a slight interjectional observation: Vivacities? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Then she remembered her mother's promise and, slipping her hand under her pillow, drew out a little crimson-covered book. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Here I left my guides, and, slipping to the nearest window, sought for an avenue of escape. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Slipping in at the door he found that everything had been ransacked. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• No surface can be made perfectly smooth, and when a barrel rolls over an incline, or a rope passes over a pulley, or a cogwheel turns its neighbor, there is rubbing and slipping and sliding. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• There has been a slipping off of ancient restraints; a real _de-civilization_ of men's minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For, almost at once, she had felt the insidious charm of slipping back into a life where every material difficulty was smoothed away. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Opening the gates I ordered the two great beasts to pass out, and then slipping quietly after them I closed the portals behind me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• What he meant by slipping in this extraordinary question unawares, I was at a total loss to imagine. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• After privately slipping the laudanum into your brandy and water, he wished you good night, and went into his own room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• This involved some slipping and consequent burning of belts; also, if the belt were prematurely tightened, the burning-out of the armature. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Well, let it go--see how our time is slipping, slipping, slipping! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• This is a confoundedly out-of-the-way place,' said Mortimer, slipping over the stones and refuse on the shore, as the boy turned the corner sharp. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The oars were long and there were no leathers to keep them from slipping out. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In this manner the adhesion of the cotton wool was safely secured, and there was no chance of the rollers slipping around without drawing it in. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Slipping it into his belt, he came back to say good-by to Helena. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And I will say,' added Mr Pancks, 'to his ill-looking face, that in my opinion the world would be no worse for his slipping out of it altogether. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

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