slithery

Example Sentences

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What better way to convey the ominous ambiance of your production than an image like the Statue of Liberty emitting a slithery tongue?

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2024

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

They wanted to feel the past once again, to bridge the gap to that time forty years earlier when the slithery moves of Santone Townsend had swelled their hearts like nothing else.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger