How to Use slip away in a Sentence

slip away

verb
  • So when did the game slip away?
    — Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Get active, and don't let this deal slip away.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Get active, and don't let this deal slip away.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Don't let this chance slip away, or pay up full price for the rest of the year.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The Grahams watched their dream slip away.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • That tune spent one frame on the ranking before slipping away.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Freeney said the key for him is limiting the damage when a round starts to slip away.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • The season appeared to be slipping away.
    — Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
  • As Few took over in Spokane, though, the school didn’t want its moment to slip away.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Upside-down and without food and water, her life was slipping away.
    — Tina Sturdevant, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • Plus, most of us like to slip away for some vacation time and still come home to a thriving garden.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 May 2026
  • And the championship is slipping away.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • That dream is slipping away for this generation.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • In recent years, that veneer of civilization has seemed to slip away.
    — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Suddenly, the day slips away, and $150 per ticket starts to sting.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
  • One final winnable game had slipped away, forcing the Aztecs and their fans to beg for a mulligan.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • But Scheyer emphasized the loss, letting the lead slip away, didn’t come down to one play.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But the numbers tell us that reality is slipping away.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Otherwise, the season could slip away early.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That short set only managed one week on the chart before slipping away entirely.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Back then, the Dallas Mavericks were in a bind, their point guard slipping away.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • There have been many of those types of games this year, the winnable ones that for one reason or another — often the bullpen — have slipped away.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
  • The California dream seems to be slipping away more every year.
    — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • Granada Hills again let a 5-1 lead slip away in set two before steamrolling in the final stretch.
    — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But his message feels anchored in a political moment that is slipping away.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
  • While the World Cup may have slipped away this time, his achievement at home is impossible to ignore.
    — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 10 June 2026
  • For years, through her own father’s death and her son’s high school years, Raposo watched Lendeborg slowly slip away.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Time has slipped away as the launch team has encountered more issues; winter tumbled into spring, and now summer is mere weeks away.
    — ArsTechnica, 18 May 2026
  • But before things slipped away for Leo late, Henderson delivered a big boost.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Coaches call them to slow the game down, reset their team's thinking, quiet the crowd, and reclaim control before the game possibly slips away.
    — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026

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