slithering

Example Sentences

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On the slithering “Naraka,” a mass of voices come together in a chant while a dense tangle of electronics coil around them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

In Guillermo Cienfuegos’ enlivening, if at times unsteady, production at A Noise Within, the role is played by Ann Noble, who forgoes the outdated hunchback but adopts a seething, slithering, perversely seductive aura of menace.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Len Ramirez of Auburn, Calif., gave readers a slithering surprise in his 2015 My Ride column, which was photographed by Max Whittaker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The eldest lion lifted its head to face the slithering threat.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

So did James and the Ladybug and the Old-Green-Grasshopper and Miss Spider and the Earthworm, also the Centipede, who had just come slithering quickly down the wall.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl