How to Use slipstream in a Sentence

slipstream

noun
  • The motorcycle was riding the truck's slipstream.
  • An outlaw on the fringes and in the slipstream.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Caught by the slipstream, the vapor is first pushed back then sucked forward as the pressure wave pushed ahead of the truck passes by.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Books coverage now rises or falls in the slipstream of social media.
    — Christian Lorentzen, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
  • Steering is by means of twin rudders in the pusher prop's slipstream, aided by skirt-lifting rods in the hull.
    — Wallace Cloud, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Events of the next minute sucked American writers into its slipstream.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • One study that seized global attention showed how the virus can linger ominously in a jogger’s slipstream.
    — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Andino is a bona fide surfing star, in the slipstream of Florence, who is about 18 months older.
    — New York Times, 20 July 2021
  • Committed a bit more through Eau Rouge and had the slipstream and got the run, so yeah, nothing to complain of.
    — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 July 2025
  • Many took advantage of the long straights this week with drivers tagging closely behind the other to gain from the slipstream.
    — Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • With the rear being 50 mm (2 inches) narrower than at the front, the rear wheels roll in the slipstream of the front wheels.
    — Peter Lyon, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Maybe their immune systems are cranking so hard to fight off the one that the others get caught in the immunological slipstream.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The Darkside record was an opportunity to attempt to shut off his brain and lose himself in the slipstream.
    — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
  • Johnson is credited with discovering drafting — using the slipstream of the car in front of you on the track to keep up or slingshot past.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2019
  • The manually adjustable windshield is just a bit short for my liking, requiring me to slump to get my helmet below the slipstream, or else slow down.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2018
  • Megan Thee Stallion’s entry into the meme slipstream has been slightly less direct, but no less effective.
    — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The two moved in the same political slipstream, wooed the same set of Democratic donors and, for a time, even shared the same group of campaign advisors.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • For decades, the world-history movement has quietly advanced in the slipstream of higher-profile changes in curriculum.
    — Stanley Kurtz, National Review, 16 Dec. 2021
  • This quickly proved that the best efforts of the car's heater and audio system were quickly overwhelmed by the buffeting slipstream at any speed beyond 40 mph.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 25 May 2021
  • Riding a bicycle in the slipstream of a vehicle has obvious wind-cutting benefits.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
  • The runners will also employ careful drafting behind pacers, who run ahead for short periods of time to create a smooth slipstream for the competitors.
    — National Geographic, 4 May 2017
  • The team of bigger, broader pacesetters rides single file to create a slipstream for Cavendish, taking turns on the front and setting a furious pace.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • Whenever Vettel has driven an F1 car, history seems to have followed in his slipstream.
    — Matias Grez and Amanda Davies, CNN, 31 Aug. 2017
  • With Into the Weeds, Davis operates as just such a recommender, reporting from the slipstream of her reading life.
    — David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And, that, whatever the condition of my mind and heart, this great action rescues me from that modern slipstream of the self-consciousness, even my own mediocre, suburban dad life.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 2 Apr. 2021
  • From dropping back and offering their leader a slipstream to catching and reeling in breakaway riders, none of their physical exertions are for personal gain.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 19 July 2017
  • That demand continues to fuel private aviation’s long-term growth—and the economic slipstream allowing these companies to stretch their wings.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Kipling and their unknown—but similarly, sharply dressed—third followed in Priestly’s slipstream, as other guests digested the full splendor of her arrival.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Then Mueller-Korenek released her cable tether, pedaling the final three miles on her own power, but tucked into the dragster’s slipstream.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
  • Few artists can navigate the slipstream between pop and hardcore like San Francisco’s Tony Molina.
    — Ron Hart, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2022

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