slime

Example Sentences

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Life first emerged on Earth more than 3.5 billion years ago -- but was little more than a layer of slime for most of our planet's history.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

“Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch,” the editors continued.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

"The key innovation in the biosynthesis of tagatose was in finding the slime mold Gal1P enzyme and splicing it into our production bacteria," said Nair.

From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026

“It’s going to make these pink slime sites even harder for people to know that what they’re reading is not from a human source and not really local investigative journalism.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

And before she could get to the bathroom—hell, before she could even get all the way inside—she spewed red, lumpy slime all over the already sticky floor.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds