Lose traction

Usage examples of slide.

Panting, Abrim tried to brace himself against the smooth tunnel wall, but the low-friction coating defeated him and he began to slide slowly backward.

His voice made Addle think of coffee, deep and dark and rich, with a texture that slid between her senses.

The closet, which adjoins my chamber at La Vallee, has a sliding board in the floor.

Meanwhile, he busied himself adjusting his microscope and test-tubes and getting the agar slides ready for examination.

A siren dome, a police car, and he pulled back the injection slide on top of his gun, releasing it, aiming steadily.

Captain Catardi was blown into Pacino, then slid past Alameda down the inclined tunnel deck back toward the hatch opening.

One of the fat ugly Albacore sharks saw me as I slid down the dark cliff face, and he swerved towards me.

Shaking his head, Alec slid the dagger into the pocket of his boot and grinned.

Sliding his arm into each of the three spaces, Alec pressed and tapped with no success.

Flailing desperately, Alec came down hard on his back and slid feet first toward death.

Clutching at it, Alec slid a few yards farther before coming to a stop with his feet jutting out into empty air.

With a deft movement, she plucked the skirt off Alise and slid it back on, dropping it down over her head.

By the time she stepped onto dirt he was sliding swiftly alongshore, heading for a small knot of hooded and robed Funor about halfway back to the rivermouth.

The arm on which she had rubbed the ambergris was sliding free, for the fabric did not adhere to it.

Angry curses competed with the siren as the pursuing security guards, already rattled by the amuck scooter, slid and slipped on the suddenly soaking floor tiles.