- slip
- 01. He broke his arm when he [slipped] on a bar of soap in the shower, and fell.02. His grandmother [slipped] a five dollar bill into his hand, and told him to buy himself a little present.03. I wrote my friend's new phone number on a [slip] of paper, and now I can't find it.04. We didn't feel like staying at the party so we just [slipped] out the back door and went to the pub.05. The little girl started crying when the string of her balloon [slipped] through her fingers, and the balloon floated off into the sky.06. Balwinder [slipped] getting out of the swimming pool, and banged his chin.07. My wine glass [slipped] out of my hand, spilling wine all over the carpet.08. Kashmir [slipped] a note in her boyfriend's pocket as he was going out the door.09. Just put any credit card [slips] you collect in the bottom drawer.10. There is an African proverb which notes that you should not laugh at the fallen; you may find [slippery] roads ahead.11. There is a Tamil proverb which notes that even an elephant can [slip].12. Mark Twain wrote that humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments [slip] away, and a sunny spirit takes their place.13. Henry Scott Holland stated, "Death is nothing at all; it does not count. I have only [slipped] away into the next room."14. Lorenzo de Medici wrote, "How beautiful is youth, that is always [slipping] away."
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.