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Recent Examples of slithering
Employees of a store in the Aloha State were in for a slithering surprise after a two-foot snake was found inside a shipping container of Christmas trees sent to the island.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
The world's largest slithering snake is sure to send a tingle down your spine.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
The border wall stretched out like a snake slithering up and down hills to the horizon.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
But a snake slithering across the top step of the dugout when your team is trailing by six runs in the fifth inning of a National League Championship Series game?
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Then, as Claire looks into the eyes of a coyote and senses chaotic energies rising within her, the hum gravitates downward, with double-basses and piano slithering across the classically diabolical interval of the tritone.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The agency also provided several precautions for residents to take to protect themselves and their pets from any possible snakes slithering around the town.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
The world's largest slithering snake is sure to send a tingle down your spine.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
The border wall stretched out like a snake slithering up and down hills to the horizon.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
But a snake slithering across the top step of the dugout when your team is trailing by six runs in the fifth inning of a National League Championship Series game?
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Then, as Claire looks into the eyes of a coyote and senses chaotic energies rising within her, the hum gravitates downward, with double-basses and piano slithering across the classically diabolical interval of the tritone.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The agency also provided several precautions for residents to take to protect themselves and their pets from any possible snakes slithering around the town.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slithering
creeping
Verb
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Invasive plants also spread quickly in multiple ways, such as by seeds, creeping stems and roots, or fruits eaten by birds and dropped elsewhere.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
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Another sign of creeping fatigue?—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Slithering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slithering. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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