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slithered
verb as in creep by
Example Sentences
But privately, according to Trierweiler, Hollande slithered back and attempted to rekindle the mortally wounded relationship.
At some point, West shed the skin of a public intellectual, and slithered into the second skin of a public personality.
But Johnny slithered into the shaft, crawled five hundred feet into the earth.
Finally, she slithered into a finished dress: the ultimate chic sheath, a collarless long-sleeved navy blue garment.
And then, of course, not even an hour passed before he slithered down to those expectations and buckled.
Suddenly with a headlong dive, the carriage swayed as if it would fly in pieces, slithered along, and with a jerk steadied itself.
At the top of the path Dalgetty went down on his stomach again and slithered up over the crest.
As if held by a hinge, the head fell over on one side and the man slithered to the floor.
As it slithered away, a writhing shape in its mouth, Holmes muttered bitterly: "A competitor!"
Driving down from above, von Schlichten and his Kragans slithered over floors increasingly greasy with yellow Ulleran blood.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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