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

A serpent might slither out during the winter if there’s a warm spell to get a bit of sunshine, said Greg Pauly, curator of herpetology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

Families and astronomers gathered at a site known locally as "top of the world" on Gaisby Lane, Shipley, to try to see a slither of the new crescent moon.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

Still, he held on to a slither of hope.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

As I crossed the threshold of the cafeteria, I felt the first true tingle of fear slither down my spine and settle in my stomach.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

"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

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

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2023

It slithers its way uphill through an Edenic garden, dotted with apple and pomegranate trees, to the university library, repository of human knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

The Director slithers out from behind them, glaring at me—his suit wrinkled, his face beet-red.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Huang sent the BBC a video from her village's WeChat group, which showed several residents looking alarmed as a large black snake slithered on their mud-covered floor.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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 spontaneously linked together to form chains that slithered through some obstacles and surrounded other objects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025

Dragon-like lizards and snakes seven feet long slithered through the undergrowth.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Instead of relying on the familiar side-to-side motion of slithering, dwarf reedsnakes can rapidly roll across the ground, reaching speeds about four times faster than their usual movement.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

The “coastally trapped” aquatic pulse has been slithering up the coast for weeks, fascinating scientists and weather watchers as it marched across the equatorial Pacific before splitting upon hitting the coast of Peru.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

He looked down and saw a gigantic snake slithering through the grass, circling the headstone where he was tied.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling