- present tense form of slither (3rd person singular).
slithers
Example Sentences
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"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
Especially this kind of bullying Rodgers is engaging in, where he slithers away from direct conflict with Kimmel — which he'd fail at — and instead petulantly tries to inflict harm from afar.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024
She imagines standing alone in a nondescript finished office basement as a giant snake slithers by.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 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
It slithers and moves around in the pit of my stomach, growing bigger and bigger.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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