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How to use slip of the tongue in a sentence

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So was it a crime, a dirty trick, a slip of the tongue, or none of the above?
A slip of the tongue, or some random twitch in an otherwise foolproof plan, blows his cover.
In the context of the interview, this statement can only be considered a slip of the tongue.
So does Michelle consider Tony's slip of the tongue and miraculous recovery of memory a venial or a mortal sin?
I chalk it up to a slip of the tongue, perhaps due to overeagerness on McClellan's part to make an interjection.
He then criticized the auto sector out in B. C. to make up for that slip of the tongue.
It may have been a slip of the tongue, I am not sure, but she referred to the farm stabilization programs as being social safety nets.
The obverse is that one slip of the tongue before the camera can doom a candidate.
Did the Prime Minister make a slip of the tongue this morning when he said that helicopters may be used in Kosovo?
The slip of the tongue that replaces independence with liberty is a frequent mistake in the dreams of self-made men.
In an effort to save myself the embarrassment of seeing other people embarrassed, I at first went around shrugging off the whole thing as simply a slip of the tongue.
I just want to clarify whether that was in fact a slip of the tongue or does she see farm stabilization programs as a type of social safety net.
It was probably a slip of the tongue when he said that we claimed jurisdiction over the Behring Sea.
It was an unfortunate slip of the tongue, and he did not intend it that way.
It is thus not a slip of the tongue but a deliberate campaign.
I made a mistake, a slip of the tongue of course.
I believe that a slip of the tongue has crept in here.
Is it not true that the record shows that the government really supports that occupation and that it was not just an ironic slip of the tongue last week?
Finally, Mr President, Mr Mayor Oreja has suffered a slip of the tongue because he has re-elected Mr Zapatero as Prime Minister some months before the elections.
This story begins with a slip of the tongue that leads Somerset, the story's hero, into a series of incidents that keep us smiling and chuckling from beginning to end.
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One tiny slip of the tongue and the language police come knocking on your door.
The slip of the tongue was pretty egregious, considering the proposals outlined in his budget.
I'd rather have a slip of the tongue than slips in judgement.
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