How to Use slip away in a Sentence

slip away

phrasal verb

• No more will the stylus slip away over the edge of the screen.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• That gave them a lot of momentum, and that was when the game slipped away.
  — Anne M. Peterson, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
• Then came the duck and dodge slip away from a sack that turned into a 20-yard scamper.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 2 Aug. 2023
• But sometime in the last five minutes the teenager had slipped away into the scrub.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 30 Aug. 2023
• The work makes eternal a part of Ed that would otherwise slip away.
  — Daniel Felsenthal, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024
• Dave Dombrowski didn’t come this far to let Song slip away.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• Might as well be talking about a season that is slipping away from the Rangers, as well.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 5 Sep. 2023
• The place of sports as a refuge from the nastiness of politics has been slipping away for years now.
  — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
• Or head to the lower-level courtyard to slip away from the sounds and hustle-bustle of the dining room area.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
• But, the deals will only be around as long as supplies last, so don’t let these travel-must haves slip away.
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2023
• Summer is slipping away too fast, but there's still time to catch some great concerts.
  — Torey Van Oot, Axios, 28 July 2024
• And then, just as the match seemed to be slipping away thanks in part to a slew of unforced errors, Gauff straightened out her strokes and pulled away.
  — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
• More time slipped away like frit — the finely ground glass used to paint gorgeous glass images — through Carey’s fingers.
  — Peter Larsen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
• And then obviously let one slip away again against them.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• As a wise woman (cough, Taylor Swift, cough) once said, August slips away like a bottle of wine.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
• Those four suspects slipped away before the indictment was filed in 2016.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
• If data represents the next gold rush for health care, a vast treasure trove of it slips away every day.
  — Julio La Torre, STAT, 18 July 2024
• At some point, as his friends enjoy the scene, Savage slips away, back into the luxury black SUV that took us here.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
• As night turned to dawn in Unadilla, those critical hours were slipping away.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 25 July 2024
• Until then, there are two more games to be played this weekend as the Orioles look to keep their upper hand from slipping away.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2024
• The people who could escape were covered in soot as smoke and flames filled the building and the attackers slipped away from the scene unnoticed, the FBI said.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
• The woman who helped alert the family slipped away during the commotion.
  — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 1 June 2023
• Walston managed to slip away from Lopez and medics rushed her to Bellevue Hospital, but she could not be saved.
  — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
• Squad was born out of the realization that many of our friendships were slipping away at the hands of social media.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 20 Sep. 2023
• There was a sense of creative and consumer plenty — the same sense that’s not-so-gradually slipping away.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• For the second time in four days, the Marlins saw an early lead slip away after turning the game over to their bullpen and couldn’t fully recover.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
• In them, Smith found a new, intuitive way of tapping into joys that slipped away from her, like her love for playing piano.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
• Taylor Swift called it: August is slipping away into a moment in time.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2023
• In the United States, now more than 30 states regulate indoor tanning for those under the age of 18 as the fad seemed to slip away and people grasped the severity of the risks over time.
  — Kimberley Dadds, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2024
• No guitar solo wears out its welcome; the feedback lasts just long enough to rough up some of the pretty; every bass line, chintzy drum, and honeyed harmony (also coming from Flegel) emerges then slips away at just the right moment.
  — Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 14 July 2024

Last Updated: 12 Sep 2024