slithered
Example Sentences
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Throughout the World Cup, the team slithered away from trouble again and again … until the final game.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Huang sent the BBC a video from her village's WeChat group, which showed several residents looking alarmed as a large black snake slithered on their mud-covered floor.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
But she clipped the wall of the halfpipe halfway down the course and slithered to the base, losing a ski.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
They spontaneously linked together to form chains that slithered through some obstacles and surrounded other objects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
The climbing roses unraveled from the trees like snakes and slithered quicker than a lightning strike toward the Nightbeast.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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