slithery
Example Sentences
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Then, hop back into the car for a side trip to the Bug and Reptile Museum, a small building with dozens of well-curated slithery things — snakes, insects, lizards and more.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
The slithery fish began to evolve into proficient hunters, and the new fossils hint that today’s bloodsucking species evolved from flesh-eating ancestors.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 31, 2023
Meanwhile, Nicole Kidman’s one-armed sequined Armani had asymmetric oompf, and Elizabeth Olsen’s backless Givenchy offered a little slithery fringe as a finale.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
Along with the mata mata turtle and reptile known as the tuatara, among the other animals studied were caecilians, a slithery type of amphibian with an outward appearance akin to snakes.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2022
Florida stared ahead at the river, a long sparkly slithery thing disappearing around a bend in the distance.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
