But once again events seemed to slip past his grasp.

The man talking to him seemed to slip away mentally now and then.

She seemed to slip and slide away from the edge.

But once they were moving, her melancholy seemed to slip away.

Her problems seemed to slip away; one way or another, she knew they would sort themselves out.

But every day that goal seems to slip further from its reach.

All the strong points in my character seem to slip away from me.

He wanted what his straight friends seemed to slip into with ease.

And he always seemed to slip into it I expect.

For every step forward, the institution often seems to slip back two steps.