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slithered

verb

past tense of slither
as in crept
to move slowly with the body close to the ground a snake slithering through the garden

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Recent Examples of slithered The snake, later identified as an approximately eight-foot-long Burmese python, had slithered beneath the floor of a wooden shed. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 Laura stepped right into her body, felt a small resistance and then the give as the rival slithered, eagerly, into the air. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 Homeownership feels increasingly out of reach for many Americans, but not for this group of creatures, which slithered into an uninhabited home in Arkansas, much to the chagrin of the realtor trying to sell it. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 5 June 2026 After having his wedding night ruined, a finger and toe cut off and being buried alive, Jacob Elordi‘s Nate Jacobs faced his fate when a venomous rattlesnake slithered its way into the hole he was buried in and bit him. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026 The reptile slithered its way down the tube. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 Boston ended the quarter with a 33-18 lead after Tatum slithered through three Sixers defenders for a dunk, then shot an outlet pass to Jordan Walsh for a transition layup. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 As an adaptation of an old Alsop Fable goes, a frog was about to jump into the water when a scorpion slithered by. — Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 Denver was planning to double-team from the middle of the floor, but the MVP favorite recognized it and slithered to his right, away from the help. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slithered
  1. crept
  2. crawled
  3. slid
  4. snaked
Verb
  • But doubt crept into the stands as the game wore on, the mounting tension at times outshining the spiritwear.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Something like hope crept toward me when my oncologist was vulnerable about her own health.
    — David Elkowitz, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of crept
Verb
  • Suki, who had been with her new family only a few weeks, had crawled into an opening in an entertainment center cabinet and could not get out.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Every window of every building the bus crawled past opened a severe yearning in me, as though my life here had become abstract or theoretical.
    — Hisham Matar, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of crawled
Verb
  • The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims slid to 196,000, the fewest since mid-July and down from 206,000 the week before.
    — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Carter slid inside and Thibodeaux rushed from the edge on third-and-5 late in the first half.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of slid
Verb
  • Demands for the exclusive event pins exceeded common sense and ventured into the absurd with haphazard lines that snaked through the convention center.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • But the real action was in line for the Breen meet and greet, which snaked across the lobby of the Regal’s mezzanine level after the second screening.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of snaked

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