How to Use slippage in a Sentence

slippage

noun

• The boot's sole prevents slippage.
• And that’s where the White Sox need to stop the slippage.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2022
• The Knicks trailed by as many as 16 thanks to some slippage at the end of the first quarter.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2024
• The cause is believed to be a land slippage or shift in the sea floor, Mr. Sloots said in an email.
  — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
• The clamp holds hair nicely, and there was no slippage.
  — Enjanae' Taylor, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
• But as with the run game, there was late-season slippage.
  — Paul Domowitch, Philly.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• The Celtics were better but the slippage was still prevalent.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
• Edges of the road are damaged and there has been some hillside slippage.
  — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 17 June 2019
• There are some warning signs of that slippage emerging in the U.S. as well.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 30 Mar. 2018
• But that would mark some slippage from the RMV’s performance the last three months.
  — Adam Vaccaro, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• It's backed with a thin coating of rubber to keep the fibers in place and to prevent slippage.
  — Amanda Constantine, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2023
• This isn't the case with these; the geo-pattern design prevents most slippage to keep you rockin' and rollin' on the trail.
  — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2022
• The poll also found signs of slippage for Trump with his core constituents.
  — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Trump has to stop his slippage in the suburbs to win in November.
  — Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
• Things looked to be slipping away from Fister at a time when the Rangers couldn't have any more slippage.
  — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 28 May 2018
• These socks are up to the task, with plenty of cushion and zero slippage.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 26 Aug. 2022
• To ensure no chance of slippage, try two belts instead of one.
  — Kirby Marzec, Vogue, 28 June 2017
• There’s a ride program for that to control wheel slippage in the sloppy stuff.
  — Rene Chun, WIRED, 15 July 2017
• The handlebars of the rower are padded with a foam grip to prevent slippage.
  — Rebecca Rodriguez, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2021
• Any sign of slippage might be a sign that the brands are asserting their power.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2021
• The Ravens had won four straight games despite his recent slippage.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
• Each pair is generously cut over the calf, with a wide cuff to avoid slippage.
  — Craig Montague, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2014
• The sole is covered in safety pegs for traction on the sole to prevent any slippage.
  — Margaux Lushing, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• The only indication of their effort was the slight slippage of a black face mask below the nose of one of the men.
  — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2021
• In Japan, high-frequency gauges point to slippage amid a run-up in new cases of Covid-19.
  — Yoshiaki Nohara, Bloomberg.com, 29 Nov. 2020
• Those of us working one or more jobs from home are all too familiar with the slippage.
  — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2020
• For the past several weeks, coach Gregg Popovich has bemoaned a slippage in the Spurs’ defense.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2018
• With that sign of slippage in mind, the Mavs are still acquiring a player who should still be in his prime and work well with the rest of the roster.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 1 July 2018
• Because of Nvidia’s parabolic rally over the past few years, any sign of potential slippage can have an outsized impact on its stock.
  — Ari Levy, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2024
• But the Siena poll also registered some slippage compared with Biden among older voters, showing the rapidly shifting coalitions that Democrats are still deciphering.
  — Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 29 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024