I picked her up, discovered the slight slippage of the D-string I had expected and corrected it, and strummed a loud G chord.

Gradually, I had begun to notice a slight slippage in my sense of reality.

Competition is so keen that it only takes a slight slippage in ability to bring them back to the rest of the field.

Mr. Bush has also suffered slight slippage on two other questions.

Many cylinder phonographs used a belt to turn the mandrel; slight slippage of this belt could make the mandrel not turn evenly, thus resulting in pitch fluctuations.

Furnished Quarters, a three-year-old local firm, is reporting a slight slippage in its occupancy rate from 97 percent last year to 95 percent this year.

In fact, a slight slippage in Rolls-Royce sales in some markets has been more than offset by Bentley gains.

Stony Point, "a community of smaller, older homes," Ms. Garti said, had an average price of $255,637, "a slight slippage" from $256,618 in 1999.

Meanwhile, Los Angeles suffered slight slippage in the regular season, finishing with a 57-25 record.

There was slight slippage, to $3,003, by midyear 2001.