slippery

Preposition: as

eel: Wily as foxes, slippery as eels, they seek to slither out from under justice Society colludes.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: There had been a lot of rain on the Saturday, which made the hills very slippery.

Modifies a noun

• slope: Scotland has started on the slippery slope toward tuition fees.
• elm: Whenever there are symptoms of gastro intestinal distress, I think first of slippery elm.
• descent: Another slippery descent followed, during which Ralph made a gallant attempt to break a large rock with his head.
• surface: Provides a sure grip on smooth or slippery surfaces.
• mud: SAFETY: Be extra careful near deep water, steep banks and slippery mud.
• boulder: Sometimes through mud and some time over great slippery boulders.

Modifying Another Word

• treacherously: Unfortunately, Malcolm turned his ankle in this section on the treacherously slippery boulder floor.
• dangerously: You should not polish a stone or terrazzo floor with a smooth texture - it will be dangerously slippery.
• notoriously: Unlike mobile ring tones, which now have their own Top 20 hits chart, mobile video statistics are notoriously slippery.
• incredibly: It was incredibly slippery - lubricated with a rather greasy feeling bright red mud.
• extremely: In their research the UCR chemists first cleaned the copper surface, creating an extremely slippery surface.
• very: January 16th, 2006 A step on a very slippery slope!

Used with adjective complement

• become: There are also many steps which can become slippery in wet weather.
• prove: I tried to scramble backward on all fours, but the stone flooring proved too slippery under the thick miry coating that covered it.
• feel: I began by mixing both Long Axis stroke in warmup, which always helps me feel more slippery.
• get: Blow bubbles inside for them to pop beware that this can get slippery on hard floors 22.

Preposition: in

• weather: There are also many steps which can become slippery in wet weather.
• place: Route can be slippery in places on the descent in the forest.