How to Use slither in a Sentence

slither

verb
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  • To get under the porch, I lay on my stomach and slithered like a snake.
  • If the car floats for a few seconds, slither out the window.
    — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The 3-foot-long, skinny brown snake slithered to the other side of the bedroom.
    — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Video shows the snake slithering from a brick wall to the wooden door, through the key hole and down to the door's handle.
    — Fox News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The video showed the reptile slithering out to sea, with its head above the water.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 13 May 2018
  • This complaint turned out to be a ? slithering down the road.
    — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 24 June 2019
  • The thing that slithered into our world was the size of a horse, but lower, longer, and leaner.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Of course, legless lizards didn’t just kick off their legs and slither away one day.
    — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2020
  • But the gorilla is scared off when the snake begins to slither.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2021
  • Aestas slithered down from the tree and faced Ander, eyes wide.
    — cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The hatchling slithered in Ms. Siewe’s hands, around her fingers and wrist, up her arm, down her leg.
    — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • This time, the law just couldn’t be ignored; it couldn’t be bent or broadened enough for Guyger to slither free.
    — Kirsten West Savali, Essence, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The lava moved down the hillside, slithered across a street and swallowed a Ford Mustang on the other side of the road.
    — Darran Simon, CNN, 7 May 2018
  • In the opening seconds of the fourth quarter, Green slithered the final 13 yards for what proved to be the final points.
    — Randy Jennings, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Young had two sacks and would have had a third had Peyton Ramsey not slithered out of his grasp.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland.com, 16 Sep. 2019
  • When the catcher took a closer look, the scaly body of a snake was slithering around the basket, between the toys and dolls, the video shows.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
  • Some have been known to slither over damp earth to reach inland waters.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Toya is halfway out the door just as Quad slithers her way into the party.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
  • All are rendered with quick, slithering and slashing strokes of the brush.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The slithering reptile was in a glass case, but that didn’t assuage his fears.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
  • The 5-foot-10 speedy guard can hit the outside shots while slithering through the paint to create contact and finish at the rim.
    — David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The video ends with the reptile slithering into the snake catcher's bag.
    — Danielle Jennings, Peoplemag, 19 June 2024
  • Now and again the trucks get hung up and slither sideways toward each other.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2020
  • But the relentless heat is perfect for snakes to slither around.
    — Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Snakes slither, sidewind and have even been known to launch themselves from one tree to another.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2021
  • One by one, the snakes are living to slither another day.
    — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022
  • As Tucker Carlson begins to slither out of the news cycle, here’s a reminder to keep our eyes on the prize.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Oh, by the way, apparently Bannon may have the chance to slither his way back into the White House.
    — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 20 June 2019
  • In 2018, a snake was found slithering in a Virginia Beach toilet.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Cold air slithered down the gentle slopes surrounding the lakes and settled among the vines on lower lands.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 6 July 2023

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