1.   The great ship slipped her moorings and slid out into the Atlantic.

2.   Emergency workers fear that the burning ship could slip its moorings.

3.   His is a candidacy that slipped its mooring when he decided to resign from the Senate and run as someone other than himself.

4.   I am not, and nudge the overhead sign, one of four, and it slips its moorings.

5.   If I were to slip my moorings and set out to make a Chippendale desk, I would certainly search out a set of measured drawings.

6.   She blames herself when Snow White slips her moorings.

7.   When the royal yacht Britannia, bearing Prince Charles and Patten, slips its mooring here Tuesday, the Chinese flag will already be flying above them.

8.   British tycoon Richard Branson was frustrated in his latest round-the-world attempt in December when his balloon slipped its moorings in Morocco shortly before takeoff.

9.   Branson was frustrated in December when his balloon slipped its moorings in Morocco shortly before takeoff.

10.   Seventy-six people, mostly Albanian, managed to board the Palladio before it slipped its moorings.