| The game started quietly as both teams came to terms with slippery conditions. |
| Police effectiveness is a notoriously slippery concept to define or measure. |
| Crushed leaves become slippery when wet, and the poor adhesion between wheel and track makes it difficult for trains to slow down and stop. |
| After peeling off outer skin, they polish it with castor oil, cactus jelly, curd, ghee and turmeric powder to make it smooth and slippery. |
| They were slippery with mud, filled with rabbit burrows and gopher holes and rather high up. |
| Getting funding, however, is more slippery than jellied eel in a pie and mash shop. |
