(1) I remember the way I slid sideways through rows of desks, my arms crossed over my chest.
(2) The unemployment rate among 16- to 24-year-olds slid to 19.3%, from 20.7% in the three months to March.
(3) Gerard Piqué slid in and inexplicably handled Marcelo’s cross.
(4) The defender took a quick throw-in on the right wing in the 17th minute back to Hugo Lloris and, after a comical exchange of passes with the Tottenham goalkeeper, he inadvertently slid the ball back inside to Lee Cattermole, who finished precisely into the bottom corner from 25 yards out.
(5) Then Wigan were level, as Sammon slid between two West Ham defenders to turn home his shot, and all the desire and inspiration drained from Grant's side.
(6) A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman, Kathleen Bergen, said the CRJ2 aircraft had landed safely and was turning off the runway on to a taxiway when it slid into the snow.
(7) We trained just a little bit, but Ramires slid and has a muscular injury.
(8) The prosthetic testicle is inserted through an inguinal incision and slid into the scrotum.
(9) After picking up an early booking, Ramos spent the rest of the match apparently chasing another, though it took until the 84th minute for Alejandro Hernández to finally reach to his pocket and and show the second yellow, when Ramos needlessly slid through the back of Luis Suárez.
(10) The graft is slid under this bridge, placed onto the roughened surface of the carpus and pushed under the operculum raised at the base of the 2nd and 3rd metacarpals.
(11) In the 10.40m column, the snails slid downward to a depth of 4m or descended suddenly all the way to the bottom.
(12) Interestingly, honest individuals were initially shielded from taking antisocial decisions – but, with time, even they slid down the slippery, corrupting slope of power.
(13) Cameron Borthwick-Jackson had played Costa onside and slid in desperately to try and intercept, only for his tackle to take the ball away from an on-rushing De Gea and neatly into the striker’s path.
(14) The fighting has often slid into horror and depravity over the past 22 months.
(15) So he slid farther forward and got hold of Rob's waist and pulled him the rest of the way out.
(16) Abe says he wants to raise the number of women in the workforce to revive the economy, which has slid back into recession for the fifth time in seven years.
(17) He's staying at Stoke, who presumably wanted a bit more than the £5m that was slid across the table by QPR suits.
(18) Giggs and Bardsley slid in, with the United man winning the race but not preventing a goal.
(19) Ronald Koeman accused Sadio Mané and Victor Wanyama of “lacking focus” and letting the club down as Saints slid further down the table with a fourth consecutive away defeat.
(20) The study showed that the number of PFCs by the Cunningham slid was greater than that observed by the gel technique of Trump at the same lymphocyte concentration.
Slim
Definition:
(superl.) Worthless; bad.
(superl.) Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument.
(superl.) Of small diameter or thickness in proportion to the height or length; slender; as, a slim person; a slim tree.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hopes of a breakthrough are slim, though, after WTO members failed to agree a draft deal to rubber-stamp this week.
(2) Knowing the risks of transporting cocaine from Africa to the US, and given the slim profit margin, “tell me who will be doing that kind of deal?” Chigbo asked.
(3) There are, however, plenty of arguments to be made about the Slim Reaper's supporting cast.
(4) The bank also warned it was not generating as much revenue as it expected from its corporate and institutional banking arm, the new name for its slimmed down investment banking operations.
(5) United have until Thursday to inform the FA about whether they intend to appeal but their chances of overturning the decision look slim given that the governing body has already shown the incident to a panel of three former referees.
(6) Ipso, he concluded, wants to come to this performance “armed with a slim clear book of rules and not with an iron fist”.
(7) The elongate and slim shape of the trunk provides great mass moments of inertia and that means stability against being flexed ventrally and dorsally by the forward and rearward movements of the heavy and long hindlimbs.
(8) Reagan had brilliant advisers who had a command of the issue and had a very good rapport with the key Democrats.” The prospects for a repeat look slim.
(9) He was very slim and sporty, and physically strong.
(10) He has such good body and he has really really good legs Butt… And he is slim tall and good skin."
(11) Slim margin of appreciation The third issue is that the Court is, quite rightly, determined to make sure that consistent standards of rights are upheld across the 47 member states … but at times it has felt to us in national governments that the 'margin of appreciation' – which allows for different interpretations of the Convention – has shrunk ... and that not enough account is being taken of democratic decisions by national parliaments.
(12) Only Olly Robbins, the permanent secretary to the Department for Exiting the European Union , had a slim notebook (shut) and pen.
(13) In conclusion, we can say that the slimming of very obese subjects improves blood and plasma viscosity, but the mechanism by which this improvement occurs is not the one which usually affects the determination of these rates.
(14) But last week's trading statement from Unilever confirmed that, far from cashing in on the dieting craze, Slim Fast's sales have been shrinking faster than a weight watcher's waistline.
(15) Even more welcome is the slimming-down of the syllabus in the new draft, after teachers complained about the overloading of the old one with endless facts and dates; far too many to teach in the time available in schools.
(16) That process could see Kenya’s national anti-doping agency being declared non-compliant – although insiders were keen to stress the chances of the country being removed from the Olympics were slim because the International Olympic Committee would need to kick Kenya out.
(17) Bradley Johnson went close shortly afterwards with a shot from the edge of the area that arced beyond the far post, but pickings were slim.
(18) The presence of gall stones diagnosed by ultrasonography in a cross sectional study was analysed in relation to relative weight, weight change since age 25, slimming treatment, physical activity, smoking, consumption of coffee, and diabetes mellitus.
(19) The ideal drill is a slim straight instrument, which rotates dental burrs and is operated by a light finger pressure.
(20) Costs range from £50 to hire a one-button dinner jacket and trousers or £129 for a "prom package" of slim-fit suit plus shirt and tie.