Then the company slid slowly into obsolescence until it was relaunched in 2010.

We slid slowly down into the murky depths thousands of feet below the waves.

And then we waited a moment while some more moments slid slowly by.

The ubiquitous black market and rampant smuggling supplied the needs of the people, while the central government slid slowly into bankruptcy.

She manages to slide smoothly between vengeful agent and emotionally shattered daughter which leaves me in awe of her acting skills.

Press a button and the roof slides smoothly all the way back.

The cigarette slides smoothly out and you can feel the filter resting in your mouth.

On the second floor, a giant tray slides smoothly on tracks through the service hatch between the kitchen and the dining room to facilitate food service.

It slides smoothly into a startling falsetto that's used very daringly.

Indeed, the middle class seems to be in a slow slide downwards.

But it endured a slow slide into irrelevance as society grew brasher and more cynical and the media environment increasingly diffuse.

The slow slide to today's situation had begun.

Was this a slow slide to severance or a fast track to loneliness?

Then came the long, slow slide.

Its stock slid 2.1 per cent to 19.72.

The stock slid all last year to about 110p as many supporters lost faith.

The stock slid another 4 per cent, or 35p, to 805p despite some analysts piping up that the sell-off was starting to look like an overreaction.

Resources and consumer goods stocks slid and the oil price was marked down below $70 a barrel.

Gateway stock slid 6.6 per cent or 21 cents to $2.96.