Example Sentences

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The court also heard that the police had not tested the slipperiness, or co-efficient of friction, of the road surface where the car was said to have lost control.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

In turn, there can be some slipperiness in the way companies talk about their privacy and security promises.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2025

But dishonesty is on tap, and there’s slipperiness to the pool it creates.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

This slipperiness creates a climate of fear that inhibits teaching on many subjects and appears to be driving out some of the system’s best teachers.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

So, for example, if we wanted to describe the oral texture of something, one of the attributes we would look at is slipperiness.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell