And we went on for a long time without another word, threading the dark paths, which were steep and slippery with the damp of the winter.

And she heard him move at her feet and grope over the rock with his hands; but it was smooth as snow with no holding, and slippery as ice.

In going down a hill on which the clay was slippery from recent rain it became necessary to turn out for a car coming up.

The ground was muddy in places, slippery in others; and here and there it held pools of water ankle-deep.

This is the more remarkable, because he has had to tread upon the ground which must have been slippery for any foot but his.

It is my constant experience that the good people are much more slippery than the sinners, and drive much harder bargains.

It was very slippery under footI had to watch closely.

In the hills the troops had to endure heavy rains and piercingly cold winds, with mud a foot deep on the roads and the earth so slippery on the hills that only donkey transport was serviceable.

When we reached the water we found it to be of a wine color, and so strongly alkaline as to feel slippery to the touch, and under our feet.

Russian diplomacy is a subterraneous power, slippery like a snake, burrowing like the mole; and when it has to come out in broad daylight, it watches to the left when it looks to the right.

After losing an hour in attempting to penetrate the scrub, we turned north to the dry creek and followed it down till 7.0 p.m., when we camped near a pool of water; but the night was so dark that the horses could not be watered with safety, the banks being very steep and rendered slippery by a slight shower.