slither

"It's incredibly hard to observe snakes in the wild before they slither away, so our knowledge about L. slashi is limited," says Ruane.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

He still has that elastic yogi’s body and can still slither across the baseline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Still, he held on to a slither of hope.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

Now we get the “Slow-Lows,” bottom-feeders who slither on the ground and survive off leftovers from other creatures: earthworms or other easy-to-catch prey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025

Without a sound, it turned and began to slither away with surprising speed.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

"You take multiple pictures, sometimes over 100 and it takes tiny little slithers of focus, and then you put all those into software, and that creates your final image."

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

Unbeknownst to us though, the real Chalamet, incognito in a mask and baseball hat, slithers through the crowd like an undetected chosen one, or like his character, Lisan al Gaib in “Dune.”

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024

Once it has a plan in place, the 14-foot-long robot lowers its head, engages its 48 motors and slowly slithers forward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

You stand stock-still until it quiets down and slithers on its way.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2023

It releases its hold on the ship, and slithers back into the water.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Throughout the World Cup, the team slithered away from trouble again and again … until the final game.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

It is thought the reptile had escaped from his owner's house in Bridlington and slithered inside a nearby car and was unknowingly transported up the coast to Scarborough.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

In “Modern Times,” the Little Tramp slithered through a factory’s giant gears.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

But she clipped the wall of the halfpipe halfway down the course and slithered to the base, losing a ski.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

They slithered down the tree and gathered up dry grass.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

I caught the film at a recent matinee in New Orleans, and children and adults alike gasped at Harryhausen’s movie monsters – from the looming metal colossus of Telos to the hissing and slithering Hydra.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

The promotional contents within tap into parents’ grief with a slithering sort of sympathy: “You want more time together . . . you’re not ready to forget.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025

A driver had to make an unexpected stop on a Melbourne motorway after she looked down to find a deadly snake inside her car - and slithering up her leg.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2024

Mist curled into a hundred smoky serpents, slithering up the porch columns, curling around the house.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan