How to Use slipup in a Sentence

slipup

1 of 2 noun
  • We were late because of a slipup in the schedule.
  • The following day, a clip of his slipup spread on social media.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The slipup has put the usually camera-ready Hegseth on his back foot.
    — Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Wells’ slipup came seconds after Grisham pushed a bunt toward third.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
  • But the boys in red, white and blue will be just fine after their little slipup against Turkey over the weekend.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
  • However, the quality of this process is paramount, as even a tiny slipup can cause huge problems.
    — Beth Worthy, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • There was a slipup during a pep talk to kids last February that was construed as wildly sexist by some.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 July 2017
  • In fact, this was just one item on the embarrassingly long laundry list of slipups in our first few months together.
    — Anayo Awuzie, The Cut, 19 Apr. 2018
  • This week’s quiz spotlights country confessions and live TV slipups.
    — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • After the fourth or fifth slipup, Chris interrupted Khalilzad.
    — Michael Ames, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Weir's tendency to forget lyrics became a treat for fans at shows, who greeted his slipups with cheers and thunderous applause.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The slipup could have made the Diamondbacks tense, led to their cushion becoming even smaller.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The slipup occurred most frequently when patients who were signed up for Medicaid in one state moved to another state.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Just one more slipup, a night where the ball squirts out of the basket, where his players are a little too careless or where their opponents are just too hot, and all of it ends.
    — Dan Woike, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
  • Any slipups from Pep Guardiola's side look even more unlikely now the defense has been reinforced again.
    — USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2018
  • But some players disappeared at times, the team had a few too many slipups defensively, and its half-court offense lagged when Dangerfield was off the court.
    — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • The photos show Mel wearing her wedding dress—a slipup that, according to commenters, is surprisingly common among brides.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The work from May was focused on reducing the logical slipups made by large language models (LLMs).
    — Will Knight, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But a new postmortem published by the company on Wednesday explains a chain of slipups and oversights that allowed the improbable attack.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In another slipup, Snake developers forgot to scrub the finished code for a new version of programming artifacts.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 May 2023
  • With so much of the global economy—and global geopolitics—suddenly rotating around it, however, the consequences of any slipup could be severe.
    — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 15 July 2021
  • The slipup matters because this stretch of ocean generates atmospheric waves that have been connected to droughts from California to Africa.
    — Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Panthers went more than two months without a slipup against a bad team, feasting on the dregs of the Eastern Conference to climb up the standings and join the playoff picture.
    — Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Conventional wisdom will say that with this kind of dominance, especially within its own conference, one slipup will have the Tigers watching the playoff at home.
    — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • And the last two weeks might have offered a glimpse into rest of the 2024 campaign in which any slipup or sign of fatigue from Biden will feed more ammunition to detractors.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 10 July 2024
  • Because the computer software reasons differently, slipups occur.
    — Alison Gopnik, Scientific American, 1 June 2017
  • But a slipup from either of the North American rivals could lead to an early meeting between two teams that came into the tournament hoping to win the continental championship.
    — Jon Arnold, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • Instead, the inning kept going, and Jace Peterson broke a 2-2 tie with a single off Jose Alvarez, a rare slipup for the lefty, who had been a magician of late.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2021
  • To be clear, such strictness would be reasonable if avoiding slight slipups were a defining characteristic of the competition—for example, in sports like diving or figure skating—but that is not the case in long- and middle-distance running.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2018
  • During a media briefing Tuesday, top agency officials attributed part of problem to factory slipups such as valves damaged by an improper solvent or a heater that was mistakenly overstressed and needed to be replaced.
    — Andy Pasztor, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018

slip up

2 of 2 verb
  • And hope the teams ahead of them slip up.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Even the pros slip up every now and then.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s where most people slip up.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Or will someone slip up and cost them the game?
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Nobody notices when the bassist slips up.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
  • That got them over the speed bump caused by their midseason slip up.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Anyone can slip up for a second, which costs the other two the match.
    — Lauren Coates, Variety, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Oregon, to not slip up against the teams below them in the standings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
  • But with more exposure comes more risk of slipping up.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Bury slips up to the top leaves, press the soil down gently but firmly, and water well.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The person can slip up and say something that gets taken out of context.
    — Ian Carlos Crawford, Men's Health, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This time frame give you enough room to make a mistake, slip up, and then recommit yourself to the goal.
    — Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
  • So, why do knowledgeable fans or media slip up in that fashion?
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This was one of the games where Arsenal would have hoped City might slip up.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Their current lead in the division gives them a bit of leeway to slip up and lose a few games.
    — Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • If the Trojans slip up, that could give Ohio State a second chance.
    — Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 30 Nov. 2022
  • If the Jaguars slip up, the Texans-Colts winner takes the crown.
    — Rob Maaddi, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Many of us slip up from time to time, especially when we're overwhelmed by a sink full of dishes.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Many of us slip up from time to time, especially when we're overwhelmed by a sink full of dishes.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Everyone holds their breath – for the queen to slip up, for Henry to take her head like wives before.
    — Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Other people’s opinions, or slipping up and saying the wrong thing?
    — Jordan Robinson, SELF, 19 Mar. 2026
  • For investors to get a return on that investment, Google can't afford to slip up.
    — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 10 May 2026
  • That loss to Cincinnati will probably keep them out, unless the Bearcats slip up.
    — C.j. Doon, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Those who slip up are fined $20 for each violation, money put toward the team beer fund.
    — Chris Heath, The Atlantic, 25 July 2024
  • In what looked like a slip up, the US president did lose his temper near the end of his presser.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 16 June 2021
  • The Thorns’ road to the top record in the league can be made easier if any of those teams slip up in their final two matches.
    — oregonlive, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Also, there is precedent for an early slip up or two not meaning much in recent big tournaments.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Everyone holds their breath – for the Queen to slip up, for Henry to take her head like wives before.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 June 2023
  • Just as easily, Fields could slip up about her son, either by mistake or as a benefit to her own game.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Any slip up or stumble will fuel concerns about his mental acuity and feed into fears Biden is past his prime.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024

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