Crushed leaves become slippery when wet, and the poor adhesion between wheel and track makes it difficult for trains to slow down and stop. |
After peeling off outer skin, they polish it with castor oil, cactus jelly, curd, ghee and turmeric powder to make it smooth and slippery. |
Getting funding, however, is more slippery than jellied eel in a pie and mash shop. |
They were slippery with mud, filled with rabbit burrows and gopher holes and rather high up. |
It appeared to have one more cloth under the heavier top cloth of thick high-quality fine weave, but was smooth and slippery like silk. |
I shuffle my feet to make the shot, my grip on the racquet slippery from my perspiration. |