slimy
Example Sentences
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“And if I were really a ghost, could I actually feel how slimy this water is? And would I be able to throw this rock? Or leave tracks in this mud?”
From Literature
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Related: ‘It feels slimy’: My friend offered to be my adviser, but didn’t tell me he’s paid to push financial products.
From MarketWatch
I don’t want to ruin this friendship, but it feels slimy.
From MarketWatch
They were slimy with mildew, crawling with cockroaches, but to me they seemed the furniture of heaven itself.
From Literature
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It tasted bitter and slimy, but he was too famished to care.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.