Used in a Sentence

sliding

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sliding.

Editorial note

The individual events -- guns jamming, doors sliding, lights flashing -- just don't add up to much by themselves.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

The motion of something that slides.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sliding gathered in one view.

noun

The motion of something that slides.

adjective

Designed or able to slide.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sliding.

noun

The motion of something that slides.

Example sentences

1

The individual events -- guns jamming, doors sliding, lights flashing -- just don't add up to much by themselves.

2

I had thought about that but never got around to building a sliding window that worked that way.

3

In the meantime,I speculate that Chinese government will go all out to prevent the SSE from sliding any further.

4

Lets say I want to take action (immediately) when a value calculated over sliding window goes above a limit.

5

I think the iPod really popularized sliding screens and the like, and they spread to mobile.

6

When you're sliding down the slippery slope, you have to hit every rock on the way down.~ The theory reverses the arrow of causality.

7

It's been disheartening seeing them sliding around on their own.

8

Even sliding an image - such a simple thing.

9

Why must everything be moving and sliding in?

10

Haven't we gone through this with automatic sliding doors already?

11

I envision doors on the front, and sliding dividers that push the next delivery forward when the van backs out of the driveway of the preceding delivery.

12

And I'm worried I'll be back sliding on that.

Quote examples

1

It's worth noting that "consciousness" is on a sliding scale from dim awareness to focused lucidity.

2

> "consciousness" is on a sliding scale from dim awareness to focused lucidity assuming that all consciousness resembles that of humans.

3

I think a sane default is to require opt-out for organ donation after brain death (what Europe does now, I believe) with an opt-in "sliding-scale" for the rest of the possibilities.

4

I've personally taken to sliding my cursor past the top edge of the page to see if the "subscribe to our mailing list" dialog appears, in some cases bailing on the article completely just because it's not valuable enough to me to bother after that affront.

Proper noun examples

1

Sliding polygamous marriage in while the topic is about gay marriage is changing the subject at best, and dishonest at worst.

2

Sliding down a slippery slope to publication.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use sliding in a sentence?

The individual events -- guns jamming, doors sliding, lights flashing -- just don't add up to much by themselves.

What does sliding mean?

The motion of something that slides.

What part of speech is sliding?

sliding is commonly used as noun, adjective.