slimy

Example Sentences

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I don’t want to ruin this friendship, but it feels slimy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Understanding how this molecular gearbox works could help researchers develop ways to stop bacteria from forming biofilms, slimy communities that cause infections and contaminate medical devices.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

The once clear river had turned murky and slimy, completely changing how she felt about living alongside it, she said.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

Dustin Nguyen plays Son Pham, a Vietnamese American gangster, civilized, but not in the slimy way gangsters are sometimes civilized in the moving pictures, with Kiều Chinh as his steely mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

The bathroom floor was slimy with too much dirt washed off too many bodies, and the toilet was thick with the smells of strangers.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie