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 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 Later, a rattlesnake slithered through the opening and killed Nate. — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 1 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
  • More three-safety personnel packages have crept onto the field lately, which have given veteran safety and free-agent addition Mike Brown some nickelback duties that usually fall to Marcus Jones.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026
  • As flames crept closer to Bordeaux, neighboring Spain also oversaw its own fire evacuations.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 26 July 2026
Definition of crept
Verb
  • Figures depicting the Pink Panther, Spider Man and the Minions have perched or crawled atop the Dome.
    — Mandalit del Barco, NPR, 31 July 2026
  • One of Thursday’s stations included the ‘Confidence Course,’ where campers crawled through tight spaces and wooden obstacles in their heavy gear.
    — Julianna Mejia July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of crawled
Verb
  • But with Bogaerts already retired, shortstop Willy Adames had to track down Campusano — who had slid early in the base path to remove himself from the play — to record the final out of the inning.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • For the main course, the lamb kabab slid straight off the skewer, charred on the outside and juicy on the inside.
    — Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of slid
Verb
  • Here, too, there were echoes of Keegan’s blissful early days, when queues snaked outside the stadium hours before kick-off and every victory felt like alchemy.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • At the bus stop, there was a queue of chartered double-decker buses and a vast crowd, mostly men in blue business suits, snaked four times around the car park, waiting to board the vehicles.
    — David Szondy July 23, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Definition of snaked

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