Examples of 'slippery slope' in a sentence

Meaning of "slippery slope"

slippery slope: A situation or course of action that is likely to lead to further problems or difficulties, often gradually worsening
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  • A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.

How to use "slippery slope" in a sentence

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slippery slope
You know what a slippery slope this is.
The slippery slope argument is a bunch of crap.
Volume eating is a slippery slope for both of us.
A slippery slope will bring you hope.
You are treading a slippery slope towards censorship.
Slippery slope is mild with that logic.
We are teetering on the slippery slope of infrastructural destruction.
A slippery slope of spending money to her castle.
The problem is the slippery slope it creates.
The slippery slope movement is dangerously near.
I fell down that slippery slope in a hurry.
A wisp of knowledge can be an infinitely slippery slope.
Loneliness is a slippery slope for older adults.
Never work on a smooth and slippery slope.
This is the slippery slope of independent blogging.

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Because this is worst than a slippery slope.
You play on slippery slope of self doubt.
I am concerned we might be heading down a slippery slope.
A further slippery slope ushered in by the virus.
Because we are standing on the proverbial slippery slope.
It is a slippery slope that often leads to death.
Surely you see the slippery slope.
Slippery slope with this guy.
That can be a slippery slope with kids.
That kind of thinking can be a slippery slope.
Here was a slippery slope down to a nightmare.
I did not like the slippery slope.
A slippery slope that can easily lead to starvation.
We are now on a very slippery slope to immorality.
Opponents to change are afraid of starting on a slippery slope.
It is a very slippery slope in service of the greater good.
Israel is no longer sliding down a slippery slope.
This is a slippery slope we do not ever want to go down.
He said it could be the start of a slippery slope.
So begins the slippery slope that we have all been on.
Allowing chickens to talk can be a slippery slope.
The slippery slope argument is silly.
It really is the perfect example of a slippery slope.
Down a slippery slope towards dictatorship.
I think national road racing is on a slippery slope.
Our slippery slope started here.
But being superficial with statistics is a slippery slope.
There is a very slippery slope when it comes to euthanasia.
Competition also comes with a slippery slope.
A slippery slope from incivility to violence.
Lending money to family members is a slippery slope.
It is a slippery slope that achieves nothing.
Equivocation with regard to vision is a slippery slope.
It would be a slippery slope from this to a wider war.
Just the start of the slippery slope.

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Examples of using Slope
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