So he sat in the darkness, wondering and worrying, as the hours slipped by.

They sat over their coffee, and a pleasant hour had slipped by before Rosie saw the time.

The hours of this night, wretched as they were, slipped away.

The hours of the night watch slipped by slowly.

More than an hour slipped by before they reached the swamp.

The temperature in my house slowly dropped, hours slipping deeper into the still morning.

Nearly half of these children are already on the critical list, inching further away from life as every hour slips by.

The hours slipped by, and with them the possibility of the union he had contemplated.

The hours slipped away, and Tay was almost able to forget he had come home for any other reason.

The hours slipped away as he sat thinking, the night about him still and at peace.