| 单词 | slipperiness |
| 例句 | I had come to love my small size, my speed, my slipperiness. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The movement was strange with the slipperiness of the house shoes, but she managed to sink down and return to her standing position without falling. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But Diderot’s peculiar chapter also serves as a warning: with its dream framing, its monsters and its allegories, its linguistic slipperiness, it conveys a sense of difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Whereas at first I gutted fish and peeled their skin fastidiously, soon I no more than rinsed off their slimy slipperiness before biting into them, delighted to have such a treat between my teeth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The disintegration was awful to see, but worse was the feel of the powder—its starchy slipperiness as she tried to collect it by handfuls. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z So, for example, if we wanted to describe the oral texture of something, one of the attributes we would look at is slipperiness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Some interesting ideas about the slipperiness of labels like “good” and “bad” were explored in Season 1. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Premiere: No Seriously, Call Saul 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The lightweight tree rubber gives the mats a slight slipperiness, which some yogis prefer. 9 gifts to de-stress, center and rejuvenate: They (and you) deserve it 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z That's been my experience too, and in fact the slipperiness of it is one of my favorite things about Los Angeles. 'L.A. Plays Itself,' but do films get it right? 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z Janay Rice is alive and well and blaming the media for ruining her husband's career, sparking, of course, another wave of commentary about the psychology of abuse, the meaning of privacy, the slipperiness of intent. Ray Rice video shows where we draw line on violence 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Copeland also discusses the slipperiness of genetic ethnicity estimates, which are much less precise than the matching of individual family members. Before You Spit in That Vial, Read This Book 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z What we do know for sure is that “Moonglow” is a wondrous book that celebrates the power of family bonds and the slipperiness of memory. Michael Chabon’s ‘Moonglow’ is a cunning dance with autobiography 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z What was interesting about the story was the moral slipperiness of it all. John Hillcoat Narrates a Scene From ‘Triple 9’ 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z “Flight” toys with an interesting idea or two: the slipperiness of truth, the unreliability of memory. Theater Review: ?Flight,? by Michel Wallerstein, at the DR2 Theater 2012-03-09T23:30:54Z In late February, Salon and Lauper connected via phone to talk about the genesis of “Detour,” her connection to country music and the artists on the record, and the slipperiness of genre designations. She’s still so unusual: Cyndi Lauper on her rockabilly roots, the song that makes her sound like Ethel Merman, and her special kinship with Patsy Cline 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z That would be the slipperiness and meaning of language. Trevor Noah’s Optimism Set His Version of ‘The Daily Show’ Apart 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Depending on the kind of sex being had, lube can be essential because not all our orifices produce the necessary fluids to ensure adequate slipperiness, especially for anal play. Ronda Rousey gives terrible sex advice: “If you need lube, then you’re being lazy” shows she has no business telling other people how to get off 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Perhaps the slipperiness of the specific source material is the cause. Matthew Barney's 'River of Fundament'? Well, it's certainly big 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z We’re never quite sure, from one scene to the next, whether we’re at an embalming session or a fashion shoot, and the placement of video adds to the slipperiness. Omer Fast’s Chinatown Installation Is a Misfire 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z But from the jump, Phillips’s book is also operating in the realms of science fiction and body horror, becoming a wondrously demented commentary on the slipperiness and duality of the maternal state. Our Autofiction Fixation 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z Dashing and cleverly imagined, it is a mystery wrapped in a hoax, part literary parody, part case study of the slipperiness of narrative and the seduction of a good story. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z That slipperiness is heightened here, where Lau’s sculptures, many hanging from skylights, alternately bathe in sun and dissolve in shadow. Art We Saw This Summer 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Visitors are welcome to make puns about the attraction’s a-peel and slipperiness and its split with the Bannister version. Antiques: A Bequest of Modernism Enriches Two Museums 2011-08-18T21:59:44Z “Mr. Fuller is interested in human slipperiness, and his skill with self‐serving, only slightly shady evasions of duty helps turn the play into the interesting conundrum it is,” Mr. Kerr wrote. Charles Fuller, Pulitzer Winner for ‘A Soldier’s Play,’ Dies at 83 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z These match the impact of a heavy rock power trio to the melodic slipperiness of a contemporary jazz group. This week's new live music 2012-08-17T23:05:00Z But her kind of directness has had a hard time in a market-driven world that favors the convenient slipperiness of ambiguity. 27 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z An inquiry into the nature of storytelling and the slipperiness of truth. ‘Vengeance’ Review: A Dish Best Served With Frito Pie 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z In a recent e-mail interview, Ms. Gaige discussed the slipperiness of identity, why this is her darkest novel yet, and more. ArtsBeat: Desperate Dad: Amity Gaige Talks About 'Schroder' 2013-02-06T19:55:31Z For a novelist fascinated by the slipperiness of truth, what richer ground than the Soviet Union under Stalin, where a memory might save your life, or cost another his? Music and memory 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z But these appear exceptionally transitory, with a slipperiness that rebukes the very idea of capturing a moment for all time. Galleries: Big Brother is watching 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z It would be understandable if Manafort’s attorney harbored a contrary concern: his typical kit invites inferences of slipperiness. Paul Manafort and the Sartorial Dilemma of the Trump-World Defendant 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Sitting at the dining room table with my daughter at the time, I recognized the slipperiness inherent in the notion of "helping." Motherlode Blog: When 'Help' With Homework Is Too Much 2013-02-03T14:22:47Z Mr. Pérez brings a similar slipperiness — but a more direct connection with his Panamanian roots — to his own longstanding trio, featuring Ben Street on bass and Adam Cruz on drums. Jazz Listings for April 17-22 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z There is also a slipperiness to some of his formulations. Is There Any Way to End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z But the tonal slipperiness of Mr. Monkman’s art, with its compound of anger and absurdity, social realism and serious camp, comes through. A Cree Artist Redraws History 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z “It is a rigorously honest movie about the difficulties of being honest, a film that tries to be truthful about the slipperiness of truth,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times last December. New on DVD: ‘Universal Rarities: Films of the 1930s’ 2012-08-17T19:58:28Z Much of the fascination with Rabe's play, which concludes its run at the Pershing Square Signature Center on Sunday, is the slipperiness of its style. Four political dramas that play around with form 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Rumsfeld, on the phone, practiced both his certainty and his slipperiness. Perspective | ‘Nothing ever ends’: Sorting through Rumsfeld’s knowns and unknowns 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z With its punctuationless title, “Lean Fall Stand” is a book about the slipperiness of language, that flexible and fallible vehicle for consciousness and communication on which we are so dependent. Review | ‘Lean Fall Stand’ opens with a literal cliffhanger you won’t soon forget 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Shunning chronology and adhering instead to an emotional logic, “Beginners” is as much about memory — its slipperiness and subjectivity — as it is about grief. When Life Throws Those Curveballs 2011-05-27T17:34:12Z The literalness of the exercise emphasizes the slipperiness of time, shining a garish spotlight on mortality and lending a tragic depth to the most venal of reunion specials. Victory Speech (Hillary’s Version) 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The choreography, credited to Mr. Jones, Janet Wong and the company, flows with an engaging slipperiness between being illustrative and formally abstract. Review: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Summons a Life During Wartime 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z When Sophocles and Shakespeare simplify reality, as all artists must, they never lose sight of its slipperiness. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Together, they paint a picture of an artist interested in the sensuality of materials, the slipperiness of images and, above all else, the maximization of visual impact. One artist, two sets of works, 50 years of lapsed time: Roland Reiss' show at Diane Rosenstein 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z I think that "most deserving of recognition" is a better criterion than "best", and its slipperiness is animating. The damnable task of being a Man Booker International prize judge 2011-03-30T14:46:06Z Thus, for all its slipperiness, there seems to be some accounting for taste. Is Good Taste Teachable? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The idea is to throw everything at the gallery wall — but rather than see what sticks, the exhibition moves on, aping the slipperiness, restlessness and inherent vagueness of Bowie. 'David Bowie Is': How do you fit a rocker into an art museum? 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z With a diaphanous quality that places it somewhere between heaven and earth, the piece is addictive in its slipperiness; it grows more appealing each season. An Evening of Ronald K. Brown Lifts Alvin Ailey’s Season 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Max, put it, the novel “emerges as an inexhaustible shaggy monster, part literary parody, part case study of the slipperiness of narrative and the seduction of a good story.” Paperback Row 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z But directness of this kind has a hard time in a market-driven world that favors the convenient slipperiness of ambiguity. The Art of Staying Cool: 10 Can’t-Miss Summer Shows in New York 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z There are some intra-musician lawsuits that invite us to ask healthy questions about the slipperiness of influence. The Bizarre Dispute Over Whether Three Michael Jackson Songs Were Actually Sung by Someone Else 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z That slipperiness, I think, is where the poetry is— a slipperiness that is her unique quicksilver intelligence and aliveness, something that she brings to her poetry, her prose, her art criticism, and her conversation. Eileen Myles talks about having a retrospective moment 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z It is a novel about the slipperiness of identity, the trickiness of nostalgia, the foolishness of pride and the necessity of love, especially for oneself. 31 of the best titles of 2013 2013-12-04T22:03:53Z Ms. Weinstock signals narrative slipperiness early on, with shifting focus and a hand-held camera. In ‘The Moment,’ Doubts About a Character’s Sanity 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z In the light of de Man’s later theoretical assertions as to the slipperiness of language, one must acknowledge that he knew what he was talking about. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z The chapter’s real subject, though, is a broader one: the slipperiness of truth. Art Review: Galleries Interpret Richard Price?s ?Lush Life? 2010-07-08T22:35:00Z They immediately fall into deep, revealing conversations about death, loss and the slipperiness of reality. How I Met My Mother: Don Draper's Oedipal Farewell Tour 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z The technique is powerfully evocative, emphasizing the slipperiness of identity while reminding us that, for many L.G.B.T.Q. individuals, hiding in plain sight is a persistent burden. ‘Welcome to Chechnya’ Review: A Vital Indictment of Mass Persecution 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z But from a dramaturgical perspective, the play’s slipperiness causes problems. Review: In ‘Actually,’ a Case of She Said, He Said and They Said 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Instead, McWhorter deftly models a way for us to think deeply and systematically about language while celebrating its wildness, its slipperiness and its silliness. John McWhorter Takes a Serious Look at Profanity 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Max wrote in a review in The New York Times, “part literary parody, part case study of the slipperiness of narrative and the seduction of a good story.” Paul La Farge, Inventive Novelist, Is Dead at 52 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Describing some of the most notorious profanities in English, McWhorter asks us to think deeply and systematically about language while celebrating its wildness, slipperiness and silliness. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z And the show’s very slipperiness turns against itself: Being hard to pinpoint can be allusively mysterious, or it can come across like obfuscation. Review: In ‘California,’ a Road Trip and a Detour Into Darkness 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Many of the characters insist on the slipperiness of truth, the difficulty of ever determining what happened and why. Review: In Ken Urban’s ‘Sense of an Ending,’ Lives Are Caught Between Truth and Tale 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z That’s no mean feat, given the slipperiness of the literary genre. Pippa Garner at Redling Fine Art: Vehicles for clever satire 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z The discovery challenges existing ideas about friction between solid surfaces and water and opens up a new avenue for studying droplet slipperiness at the molecular level. Researchers create the most water-repellent surface ever 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The slipperiness of truth is documentary filmmaker Errol Morris’ central subject, as it was for David Cornwell, who wrote our greatest spy novels under the pen name John le Carré. Review: 'The Pigeon Tunnel' is spy versus spy, as clever documentarian meets cagey novelist 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Realizing one novel could never embody the beauty and tragedy of his home, Lethem uses this one to uncover the slipperiness of the task. Jonathan Lethem revises the Brooklyn of his youth — and his novels 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z “Mobility’s” chief virtue is the slipperiness and occasional unlikability of Bunny: A shallow and aimless adolescent, she matures into a professional closer to the center of the industry’s inner circles. Can politics, fiction and podcasting mesh? Lydia Kiesling and Crooked Media give it a try 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z His diabolical slipperiness does more than keep him in the news and in the public eye. Is this the end of our national Trump bender? Yeah, we've heard that one before 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Here the book makes clear it’s interested as much in the slipperiness of containing and defining an individual self as it is in how that self is informed by loss. Review: The follow-up to Namwali Serpell's debut novel is less grand — and better for it 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Many people have experienced the slipperiness of walking on ice. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Humans, by contrast, struggle to use tools underwater even under the best of circumstances; the slipperiness imbued by water makes underwater dexterity a rare skill. Researchers create a glove that mimics octopus tentacles' gripping ability 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z I recently spoke with her about the book’s origins, the slipperiness of language, and why she doesn’t believe in linear time. Why Lidia Yuknavitch aims to 'unwrite an Americanness' with a new novel about America 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z “They’re very low,” he said, saying the lack of height caused the slipperiness. Jays’ García says baseballs difficult to grip this season 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The slipperiness of this looping, self-referential work demands a vigorous level of theatrical control, which the production maintains even when the story momentarily gets stuck in a repetitive groove. Review: Black, queer and laceratingly honest, 'A Strange Loop' liberates Broadway 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z In many ways, the slipperiness tells us everything we need to know. Trump's rise turned L.A. novelist Steve Erickson off fiction. So he wrote a primal diary 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z But the performances are strong, and the points the filmmakers are making about the slipperiness of memory do resonate. Review: Short on suspense, 'Ultrasound' still captures fuzziness of contemporary memory 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Verhoeven, now 83 and still operating with his trademark slipperiness of theme, tone and genre, treats “Benedetta” itself as a demonstration of this principle. Review: Sexy, satirical and spiritual, 'Benedetta' shows a lesbian nun's life is not so wimple 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Beran begins by acknowledging the slipperiness of defining his subjects as White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. Review | Privilege, duty and despair among America’s WASPs 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Abnormal English speakers, of whom there always are many in government, use semantic slipperiness to impart momentum to their preferences. Opinion | Democrats, don’t pass the SALT (cap repeal) 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z We found out we are both chronically ill, familiar already with the slipperiness of time spent in isolation, too comfortable with watching friends and family fail to adapt and resist requests to accommodate. Opinion | I Fell in Love in the Pandemic. It Was Not Romantic at All. 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z McGarrahan’s story renders the tawdriness and banality of crime, the frustrating limits of witnesses and evidence, the hazy frontier between truth and lies, the slipperiness of culpability. Opinion | The death penalty is in the death throes 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z As earnest as it is, “OK Human” bears traces of Cuomo’s slipperiness. It's not 'Pinkerton.' But Weezer's Rivers Cuomo gets pretty emo on 'OK Human' 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Quantities did not seem excessive, but even small amounts may engender serious slipperiness and disruption. A little bit of everything wintry Monday night: Snow, sleet, rain, ice, cold 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z Along the way, Felton displayed the slipperiness in eluding defenders that has made him a pro prospect while continuing to shush the doubters. UCLA's Demetric Felton Jr. is headed to the NFL, just like he always said he would 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Then I went to the quote and I loved the slipperiness of it and made it the opening epigraph. Claudia Rankine on Black Lives Matter, Naomi Osaka and justice for all 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z The memoirists have different ways of dealing with all this presidential slipperiness. In Trumpworld, the Grown-Ups in the Room All Left, and Got Book Deals 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z Then there’s the incredible balancing act between a car’s weight, its relative slipperiness through the air, heat management, durability and drivability. One man, two missions: hyperefficient EVs and hyper cars 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z The press did little to counteract such slipperiness, and at times seemed even to connive in it. Opinion | Boris Johnson Will Change Britain Forever 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z When I bring this up, Bloom looks more irritated than pained, and if her previous tactic was warmth and approachability, it now switches into the more common lawyerly pose of slipperiness and hair-splitting. Lisa Bloom on working for Weinstein: ‘Attorneys represent a lot of distasteful people’ 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z With Thanksgiving falling relatively late this year, and slipperiness posing a threat, the last day of the decade’s penultimate month meant wariness for holiday travelers. For observers of the passage of time, a November of possible lasts 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The slipperiness is part of the point; does the “you” refer to the readers, a companion or a partner or all of the above? Zadie Smith serves up a provocative, deeply humanistic collection 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Some investors worry that the slipperiness around tech terminology and valuations could contribute to an economic bubble. When everyone is a tech company, no one is 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The work dramatizes the slipperiness of the self: always partial, never quite at rest. In Amoako Boafo’s portraits, every brushstroke of every black face matters 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The revelations in She Said and Catch And Kill seemed career-ending, but Bloom is dealing with them like a lawyer: head on and with a certain amount of slipperiness. Lisa Bloom on working for Weinstein: ‘Attorneys represent a lot of distasteful people’ 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z It was a month of icy slipperiness, Arctic air and wintry precipitation that prompted the federal government to close early Tuesday and open late Wednesday. January manages to weather a mammoth run of ups and downs 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z In part, Goldman is using the presentation to argue that, given Mr. Leissner’s supposed slipperiness, the bank’s compliance system should not be faulted for failing to detect his scheme. Goldman Sachs’s Tactic in Malaysian Fraud Case: Smear an Ex-Partner 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z This definitional slipperiness inevitably haunts any effort to make anger into a political tool—what, exactly, is being valorized, an ethical objection or a rush of adrenaline? The Perils and Possibilities of Anger 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Thompson-Robinson showed some slipperiness when he eluded three defenders to scramble 17 yards for a first down. UCLA comes out strong but runs out of gas late in 38-16 loss to Colorado - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z That slipperiness should be enough to reject him as a justice, but there are other reasons, too. The US must settle its constitutional crisis before it confirms Kavanaugh | Jill Filipovic 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Relying on factual accounts of human rights atrocities produced by expert public bodies is well aligned with democratic values and avoids the slipperiness of in-house determinations. When Google goes to China, will it tell the truth about Tiananmen Square? 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The BBC’s slipperiness on equal pay, she pointed out, put its employees in a compromising position. How the BBC Women Are Working Toward Equal Pay 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z To counter this slipperiness, the U.S. needs to get a detailed account of what the North’s nuclear and missile programs consist of, what facilities it has and where they are. Analysis: After summit, Pompeo wants details from Kim 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z But the researchers are uncertain about the composition and slipperiness of that geologic bowl. U.S.-U.K. science armada to target vulnerable Antarctic ice sheet 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Lawmakers are passing these bills without truly understanding the technology Walch has written extensively about the slipperiness of defining terms like “blockchain” in legislation before the technology and terminology has had time to coalesce. Blockchain laws tend to be hasty, unnecessary, and extremely thirsty 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Mussolini’s totalitarianism often implied not fierce clarity, but slipperiness. The fascist movement that has brought Mussolini back to the mainstream 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z One of the themes examined is the slipperiness of identity—this is enriched by the subjective format of the app, where it is possible to examine certain characters from two, three or even four perspectives. “Mosaic” offers genuinely innovative storytelling 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Dozens of crashes were reported Sunday in and around the big cities of Portland and Seattle, and the slipperiness forced some road closures. Rare white Christmas in Pacific Northwest causes car crashes 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z On social media, critics poked fun at Ms. Koike’s reputation for political slipperiness. In Trailblazing Tokyo Governor, Japan Meets Its Great Disrupter 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Leading an expert band complete with backing vocalists and a saxophone player, Blood Orange’s Hynes sang about depression and the slipperiness of identity in tunes that blended pointillist synth patterns with rubbery, 1980s-style funk bass. Solange takes a knee at Hollywood Bowl during a night of R&B spiritual nourishment 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z It perfectly illustrates the slipperiness of dialect, she says, and our inability to capture it as it exists out there, in the wild, where it’s ever-changing, messy and human. The Accent Whisperers of Hollywood 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z The slipperiness of perception is everyone’s pitch: when conspiratorial thinking pervades the world, doors open for storytellers, a theme that, in the age of Pizzagate, feels very modern. The Apocalypse According to “The Leftovers” 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z In a league where the most troubling chants are often speciously defended as not being homophobic, this slipperiness was unconvincing. Tim Howard is an increasingly outdated frontman for MLS 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Trump’s nihilistic slipperiness on every matter of principle may have gained him supporters during the campaign. Burst your bubble: five conservative articles to read as protests stymie Trump 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z She'll be hoping so when her new psychological thriller Into the Water, about "the slipperiness of the truth, and a family drowning in secrets", is released. Books in 2017: A look ahead - BBC News 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z Called Into the Water, Hawkins’ next endeavor will tell a suspense story of murder in a riverside town, diving into family secrets and “the slipperiness of truth.” 'The Girl on the Train' Author Paula Hawkins Will Publish New Novel in 2017 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Riverhead Books told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Paula Hawkins’ “Into the Water” is a suspense novel about family secrets and “the slipperiness of truth” that will be published May 2. Next stop: New novel coming from ‘Girl on the Train’ author 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z “You add the hills to it and the slipperiness — a lot of guys were falling. I don’t think I’ll ever run a course like that again.” Annapolis’s Anna Coffin stays upright, wins Doc Jones Invitational 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Officials stopped using the sealer about 10 years ago, as its combination with rain would exacerbate the track’s slipperiness and extend delays. Richmond brings its April NASCAR race back into the sunlight 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z On all others, everything is negotiable, and if repeatedly poor judgement, a sense of entitlement and slipperiness are desirable qualities in a politician, I think she is eminently qualified. Hillary and Bernie Meet New York 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z In South Korea, the slipperiness of the widely-eaten seaweed soup is thought to mean you will lose all the knowledge from the notes you've been revising like mad. Top 10 exam rituals from stressed students across Asia - BBC News 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Conventional grippers require detailed information about factors such as an object's location, shape, weight and slipperiness to move each of its joints correctly. Meet the soft, cuddly robots of the future 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z This slipperiness has become part of his political method, and it is a character issue for a potential Commander in Chief as much as it is a substantive one. The GOP’s Security Divide 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z He is not describing the slipperiness of conscious thought in the runner’s mind; that is all he has to say. What We Think About When We Run 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z The term Welch used to define the senator on this score was strategic slipperiness and it's an apt description. What Rand Paul Thinks About Defense Spending 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z That includes taking the shine and slipperiness off the new balls, and compressing them and working them in to soften the leather. Pressure Builds on NFL and the Patriots Amid 'Deflategate' Scandal 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z This remarkable slipperiness is among the many reasons—in this case, a legitimate one—that people worry about genetically modified organisms. The G.M.O. Hunger Games 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z It is a classic Johnson response: smart and witty and, yes, undoubtedly entertaining, but also carrying just a hint of slipperiness. Boris Johnson: ‘Do you want me to be photographed in my Bullingdon Club uniform? With a spliff? Now you’re talking’ 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z In Mettler's view, that inherent slipperiness makes the idea of normcore more popular than if it were a more easily defined concept. Normcore is (or is it?) a fashion trend (or non-trend or anti-trend) 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z So, when you touch an image in Fujitsu’s haptic sensory tablet, the touchscreen conveys a sense of slipperiness or roughness depending on the image that’s displayed. Touch Just Got Real, Fujitsu's Haptic Sensory Tablet 2014-03-15T14:26:00Z Textual slipperiness aside, there's also the gnarly issue of who, exactly, owns an ebook. Ebook anxieties increase as publishing revolution rolls on 2013-04-24T08:52:19Z Still, there's something essentially unknowable about him, a protective opacity rather than a slipperiness. Note to Obama: Get Down off the Mountaintop 2012-10-11T13:35:24Z Steinbrueck, a gifted speaker with clear-cut opinions and a readiness to express them in unvarnished fashion, will appeal to Germans who bemoan Merkel's caution and slipperiness. Steinbrueck surprise shakes up German election race 2012-09-28T12:35:49Z Depending on whom you believe, this represented hubris on the part of Mr Dudley or slipperiness by AAR. Russian energy: Twilight for BP in Russia? 2012-06-07T15:06:18Z Yet with all this distressing gloom upon my mind, I experience, as you do, the slipperiness of the present hour, and the rapidity with which time escapes me. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z It is a rigorously honest movie about the difficulties of being honest, a film that tries to be truthful about the slipperiness of truth. The Lede Blog: Iran Claims an Oscar Win, Warily 2012-02-27T22:18:24Z The slipperiness factored into a disappointing moment for Bailee Freeman at the 4A West meet last week. An antiquated facility in Baltimore features in the rotation to host important Maryland high school indoor track meets 2012-02-21T00:51:06Z At nine the mercury was at 4° below zero, and the slipperiness was fearful. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z And this, in spite of the many things he had to dodge, and the greasy slipperiness of the unfamiliar roadway. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z I have often longed for something to keep down the greasiness and slipperiness of oil paint when correcting or going over a surface often, oil and water do coalesce sufficiently. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z We stumbled along in the obscurity, leading our horses, p. 65which were occasionally down on their knees, owing to the slipperiness of the path. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z IceCube takes advantage of neutrinos' slipperiness, using Earth as a filter of more interactive particles. World's Largest Neutrino Detector Completed at South Pole 2011-01-04T16:17:58.743Z Owing to the slipperiness of the pavement, they lost their balance a little; it seemed to him as if they were both rocked by the wind in the midst of a cloud. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Set against this the eel-like slipperiness with which bankers evade regulation, and one solution presents itself: higher tax on high pay. Bonuses: When bank jobs pay 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z More maddening than Paul's slipperiness, though, was the realization that he'll probably get away with it. Rand Paul's final debate strategy: Play dumb 2010-10-26T03:04:00Z The main fears of whether the track is really ready are whether or not the asphalt will hold — the last layer was laid only weeks ago — and its slipperiness. Formula One: South Korea Prepares for Its First Formula One Weekend 2010-10-22T17:29:00Z It is a war on the entire political culture, on the arrogance of politicians, on their slipperiness and lack of principle, on their endless deal making and compromises. 2010-01-30T00:57:00Z From the number of roots and branches of trees, with which the storm had strewed our way, and the slipperiness of the road, our flight was slow and difficult. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom They wouldn't go down my throat in spite of their slipperiness. Gertrude's Marriage Thanks to my slipperiness, which your good lady disliked. The Pond The schooner still rose and plunged from the aftermath of the storm, and the slipperiness of the wet decks made the footing insecure. Doubloons—and the Girl Grasping the rope with both hands, he kept the knot from growing tighter; then sliding through the noose with the slipperiness of an eel, he dropped to the ground. A Tale of the Summer Holidays But as regards flooring, still more care is required to prevent slipperiness. The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction In his memory he felt the slashing rain, the slipperiness of the wet anchor line. The Flying Stingaree Categorical in tone, the statement frustrated the Anglican clergy by its very slipperiness; its generalities left little opportunity for decisive rebuttal. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) But this time Thor caught him by his tail, and held it fast in spite of its slipperiness. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas But the sled drew heavily, as though it were being dragged through sand, for the snow was gritty as the seashore: so intense was the cold that all slipperiness had gone out of it. Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin “No. I should have escaped, I expect, just as I have done so often that my friends call me ‘The Eel,’ on account, I suppose, of my slipperiness!” The White Lie The salmon, whose slipperiness is proverbial in the North, is noted for its remarkably slim tail, and Norsemen attribute this to Thor’s tight grasp upon his foe. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas Smelt was formerly applied to any small fish and comes, perhaps, from the Anglo-Saxon smeolt, which meant smooth—the smoothness and slipperiness of the fish suggesting the name. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year What if a young man or even an old man had fallen in my presence through a sudden stroke of59 disease or merely owing to the slipperiness of the ground? The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Also applied to the cable, or any purchase where, by reason of its slipperiness, the purchase does not nip; she is then said to be "heaving through all." The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. If so, they must have led a migratory existence; and perhaps its slipperiness had infected and undermined the stability of the judge's affections. The Opened Shutters The fowl had, moreover, by nature of its being, the advantage of extreme slipperiness, an expedient recognized and made use of by the gladiators of old. Mr. Opp As I alighted from the train, I had almost come to the ground through the slipperiness of the platform, which was coated with ice. A Boy's Voyage Round the World The slipperiness of a raw oyster annoyed and embarrassed him, so he purchased the tongs gladly, and the sack of flour which resulted gave Mrs. Toomey a feeling of comparative security while it lasted. The Fighting Shepherdess Full irksome was it to pass through, for besides the slipperiness of the way, the sun shone pitilessly down, and its heat was returned by the hard rocks. King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls Nevertheless, you must have observed, although with greater curiosity than concern, the slipperiness and tortuousness of your detractors. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The walnut was waxed to the last perfection of slipperiness, and not taking heed to my steps, my feet slipped up. The Rose of Old St. Louis That was a hard climb, through the wet and the stickiness and the slipperiness, with our clothes weighting us and clinging to us and making us hotter. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies She worked bravely, but felt that the road was indeed downhill, and all the more difficult in its present state of slipperiness. Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy He was like an eel not only in his marvellous agility, his twists, his feints, his wriggling, but in his actual bodily slipperiness. Jack Haydon's Quest Nevertheless, all the legends clustering about the proverbial slipperiness of ill-gotten gains paraded themselves insistently. The Price To Helen Raymond, spatting along the wet slipperiness of the drenched pavements, it seemed as if it had always rained, and always would rain. The Tangled Threads We were told it was to make them safe and take the slipperiness off.” Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk From forty to fifty thousand men, women, and children, glided through this forest as precipitately as their weakness and the slipperiness of the ground, from the frost beginning again to set in, would allow. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 We played at Princeton when the field at that time combined the elements of stickiness and slipperiness to an unbelievable extent. Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball The slipperiness of the incline made their progress slow, as they dared not risk the breaking of a horse's leg in that wilderness, and the faint light glimmer was most confusing. Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier This curious result shows that there is something abnormal about the slipperiness of ice. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays Belgian military saddles took some getting used to with the peak in front and the still higher one behind, not to mention the excessive slipperiness of the surface. Fanny Goes to War When dinner was over they drifted informally into a large white-and-gold reception-room, with inhospitable chairs and settees whose satin slipperiness offered no inducements to sit down. The Witness This protective resemblance, coupled with the toughness and slipperiness of their leathery envelope or egg-shell, renders them almost perfectly secure from all evil-minded intruders. Science in Arcady The least persistent of men is strangely obstinate in his adherence to old ways, in spite of all experience of their crooked slipperiness. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII We see by this experiment that there is a great difference between the slipperiness of the two surfaces as measured by what is called "the angle of friction." The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays There was a queer kind of slipperiness everywhere. The Ramrodders A Novel Meanwhile he talked to the two ladies about the weather, and listened to Miss Skeat's rapturous account of the spray and the general slipperiness of the upper regions. Doctor Claudius, A True Story The descent was very tedious owing to the excessive slipperiness of the grass: it was dangerous, because a slip would have frequently dashed you to pieces, and in all cases would have hurt one severely. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries And besides the continued and remarkable absence of Americans and the continued and remarkable presence of Germans, there was a slipperiness suddenly developed in the Annas. Christopher and Columbus What really is concluded is not the question, but the slipperiness of the man who argues. The Poetry Of Robert Browning The French do not rough their horses even in ordinary times, and slipperiness is a public calamity in a French city. France in the Nineteenth Century To the grief of one of us, there was ice under this, of most persuasive slipperiness. Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland His mouth slid with an exquisite slipperiness over the long, polished bands of her black hair; and he thought that he loved her. The Tree of Heaven Down paths of break-neck steepness and slipperiness, our way descends into a dark region where vegetation runs riot in the shape of fine tall timber, of a semi-tropical variety. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Its slipperiness renders the long boneless strings most difficult of efficient adjustment, and the recollection of the entertainment my comrades received as I struggled to get a decent mouthful sticks to me still. Across China on Foot Sometimes the spittle has a peculiar oiliness that results in a certain slipperiness of statement. Quiet Talks about Jesus I did not leave Mr. Thornton's till ten, because of the slipperiness. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains They laughed together over the fact that the stove did not draw, over the slipperiness of fish in the pan. Main Street Used to describe a task thought to be impossible, esp. one in which the difficulty arises from poor specification or inherent slipperiness in the problem domain. The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 For slipperiness and general hazards this road baffles description. Across China on Foot Helbeck took a small hand-lamp and led the way, bidding the newcomers beware of the slipperiness of the old polished boards. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume I I did not leave till 9:30, because of the slipperiness, and shortly after starting turned off into the wilderness on a very dim trail. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Baskets of flowers hung from the chandeliers, the floor was polished to the slipperiness of ice and Mrs. Batty, on her hospitable journeys to and fro, was in constant danger of a fall. The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing But as for him, he had never realised so vividly the queer aloofness and slipperiness of Daddy's nature, nor the miserable insecurity of Dora's life. The History of David Grieve The majority have broken knees, owing to the great slipperiness of the pavements. The Englishwoman in America But the contrast between this and the slipperiness, the unaccountableness, of the rest of his position, made him the more sensible of the latter. Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance I was, therefore, a little apprehensive of danger from the slipperiness of the rope and the rock. The Yosemite Also the memory of the whiteness and slipperiness of his collar oppressed him. The Best American Humorous Short Stories Danger -- N. danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness; instability &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Driving will give no idea of the slipperiness of leather, but after your first riding lesson you will wonder why it is not used to floor roller-skating rinks. In the Riding-School; Chats with Esmeralda Some persons use for rubbing a well-waxed flannel; but this in general produces an unpleasant slipperiness, which is not the case with the milk. The Book of Household Management Sarah Bernhardt will not come to Brighton if she can help it, lest she should lose that high art angularity and slipperiness of shape which suits her rôle. The Open Air We went on again, the track now really dangerous from denudation and slipperiness. The Hawaiian Archipelago It was all in the meshes of the flannel dress to which it lent, in addition to its reassuring perfume, a smooth damp slipperiness most pleasing to the touch. Little Citizens It was damp, a drizzling mist was blown into her face, and the pavements were slippery with that peculiar Liverpool mud which exceeds even London mud in slipperiness. A Girl of the People Up to this time I don't know myself which I sympathized with more: the skill of the cat or the slipperiness of the sparrow. Yama: the pit I walked all around it, but found no door thereto, nor could I muster strength or nimbleness by reason of its exceeding smoothness and slipperiness. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 As for the slipperiness of the ground, my opponent will run no greater risks than I. I am not the only impatient one. Saint Martin's Summer The descent was steep and necessarily slow from the slipperiness of the desiccated pine needles that had fallen from above. From Sand Hill to Pine That is to say, not noticing the slipperiness of the threshold, I stumbled against an old woman who was filling milk- jugs from a pail, and sent the milk flying in every direction! Poor Folk He who cleaveth to created things will fall with their slipperiness; but he who embraceth Jesus will stand upright for ever. The Imitation of Christ Sarah Pocket and Georgiana contended who should remain last; but Sarah was too knowing to be outdone, and ambled round Georgiana with that artful slipperiness that the latter was obliged to take precedence. Great Expectations That man I do suspect A coward, who would burden the poor deuce With what ensues from his own slipperiness. Poems — Volume 1 His weight told, and he dragged her up from the hole and they fell together on the floor outside the zone of slipperiness. Lair of the White Worm There had been rain, and that spasmodic walk of his was enhanced by the extreme slipperiness of the footpath. The First Men in the Moon |
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