Examples of 'slipped through my fingers' in a sentence

Meaning of "slipped through my fingers"

slipped through my fingers: Refers to a situation where something desirable or valuable was lost or missed, often due to one's own mistake or negligence

How to use "slipped through my fingers" in a sentence

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slipped through my fingers
And then he just slipped through my fingers.
Slipped through my fingers like rain.
And every time he slipped through my fingers.
But I had the hottest little señorita in the retreat, and she slipped through my fingers.
My love slipped through my fingers like sand.
So many luscious beauties have slipped through my fingers.
You have slipped through my fingers for now.
I was so in chaos that my cam almost slipped through my fingers.
She just slipped through my fingers.
And realize that two decades have slipped through my fingers.
The deal slipped through my fingers.
And to think how much money has already slipped through my fingers.
The leash slipped through my fingers.
Last night I had the world in my hands but it slipped through my fingers.
Must have slipped through my fingers.

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Then she is alive, the little one who slipped through my fingers.
June has slipped through my fingers.
I was going to be president, but it slipped through my fingers.
He just slipped through my fingers.
Chasing after things that all slipped through my fingers.
That slipped through my fingers.
My mother worsened and she slipped through my fingers.
You have slipped through my fingers for the last time.
I lost my breath each time you slipped through my fingers.
But he slipped through my fingers.
Well, interstellar travel just slipped through my fingers.
You've slipped through my fingers for the last time.
The woman of my life, slipped through my fingers.
You have slipped through my fingers for the last time . Previously on Doom Patrol.
Sorry, it just kind of slipped through my fingers.
Time has really slipped through my fingers like sand, he reflected.
The experience was very bizarre, it slipped through my fingers.
To wit . You have slipped through my fingers for the last time.
Not the first time that little rascal 's slipped through my fingers.
My love … Okay . slipped through my fingers like sand.
It's Sunday again and another week has slipped through my fingers.
Another year has slipped through my fingers.
And each day I didn't, was another day my dream slipped through my fingers.
This building slipped through my fingers.
And then too many drugs and… He just slipped through my fingers.
No one has ever slipped through my fingers yet.
You know, Mom, the way all the money slipped through my fingers.
It absolutely slipped through my fingers.
I almost had him, but as he slipped through my fingers.
Just like that my mother had slipped through my fingers never to be seen again.
I almost got him . But he slipped through my fingers.
Always . And every time he slipped through my fingers.
And why not? She just slipped through my fingers.

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Examples of using Slipped
Much seems to have slipped mind of late
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Must have just slipped her mind
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