slithery

Example Sentences

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What better way to convey the ominous ambiance of your production than an image like the Statue of Liberty emitting a slithery tongue?

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2024

Then, hop back into the car for a side trip to the Bug and Reptile Museum, a small building with dozens of well-curated slithery things — snakes, insects, lizards and more.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

The slithery fish began to evolve into proficient hunters, and the new fossils hint that today’s bloodsucking species evolved from flesh-eating ancestors.

From National Geographic • Oct. 31, 2023

He set a course for Lincoln Island in the eastern Paracels, about 20 miles from Woody Island, in a part of the sea known for sea cucumber, a slithery delicacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2020

I imagine her version combined with the Chancellor’s sickly face and slithery words as bits of Earth flew into space.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera