slither

Example Sentences

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Still, he held on to a slither of hope.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Mystified, he wanders the dank halls of their rented palazzo and the fetid alleyways of the “pestilential city” where canal waters slither past like “a fat, grey-green worm.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

In Monsoon’s episode, musical notes soar through the air and slither around characters to detain them, all special effects that were added as CGI in postproduction.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

After the interview was published, Swift fans rushed to Kardashian’s social media pages, leaving their own trails of snake emojis to slither through the comments sections.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2023

The flashlight beam, none too steady in April’s hand, made trash bins crouch and garbage pails lurk, and a length of hose slither against a wall.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder