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Recent Examples of slithering
His wife, Cheryl Hines, is heard off camera asking him to be careful with the slithering reptiles.
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Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
But his idealized vision of a past paradise of social cohesion that late-stage capitalism destroyed doesn’t reckon with the snakes that were always there in this imaginary Eden, including a personal betrayal that’s close to home and only comes slithering out in a moment of drunken weakness.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Embiid is waiting to impede Bridges, but Bridges doesn’t even touch him, instead slithering around his left hip.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026
As Seth seethes about his separation from his home country (and the family fortune), Arias interweaves a backstory involving assassination, undisclosed parentage and (as the title suggests) the perilous creatures slithering across the landscape.
—Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Boan points out turtles, frogs and small snakes slithering off to the side.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Before each take, creator and showrunner Sam Levinson would make a hand gesture like a slithering snake — Akinnuoye-Agbaje demonstrates it — to evoke the energy Alamo should have.
—Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Invasive Asian swamp eels are slithering into the canals of South Florida – and the University of Florida wants the public's help to track them.
—Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Jason Magee was walking a popular trail in Mission Viejo when a familiar sight caught the corner of his eye — a rattlesnake slithering in the nearby bushes, dangerously close to a skatepark, playground and a dog park.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
But his idealized vision of a past paradise of social cohesion that late-stage capitalism destroyed doesn’t reckon with the snakes that were always there in this imaginary Eden, including a personal betrayal that’s close to home and only comes slithering out in a moment of drunken weakness.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Embiid is waiting to impede Bridges, but Bridges doesn’t even touch him, instead slithering around his left hip.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026
As Seth seethes about his separation from his home country (and the family fortune), Arias interweaves a backstory involving assassination, undisclosed parentage and (as the title suggests) the perilous creatures slithering across the landscape.
—Michael Schaub, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Boan points out turtles, frogs and small snakes slithering off to the side.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Before each take, creator and showrunner Sam Levinson would make a hand gesture like a slithering snake — Akinnuoye-Agbaje demonstrates it — to evoke the energy Alamo should have.
—Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Invasive Asian swamp eels are slithering into the canals of South Florida – and the University of Florida wants the public's help to track them.
—Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Jason Magee was walking a popular trail in Mission Viejo when a familiar sight caught the corner of his eye — a rattlesnake slithering in the nearby bushes, dangerously close to a skatepark, playground and a dog park.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slithering
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Chartreuse creeping Jenny adds even more contrast.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
1 June 2026
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Yes, the guys, especially the dentist (ick) and the icky bride-shopping commanders are creeping and disturbing.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The Thursday night group was seen leaving about three hours afterward, according to the NYPD, while the second odd circumstance ended after individuals were seen crawling out and leaving in a vehicle more than two and a half hours after.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Toddlers and babies spend their days at floor level, crawling through dust, putting hands and objects in their mouths, and breathing air closer to the ground than anyone else.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
3 June 2026
Verb
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Ticket sales for Sunday hovered around 15,000 heading into the weekend, and the surge over the last 24 hours clearly caught stadium staff off guard, given the limited gates opened and lines snaking down Friars Road.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Verb
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The main event, though, is the ski room—where ski butlers furnish guests with state-of-the-art skis before sliding them onto the slicked Jardin Alpin piste with or without an instructor.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Kleven had been an accomplished ski jumper in his home country, and when he was spotted sliding down and flying off ramps in Sugarbush, Vermont, he was recruited to be a stunt performer.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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“Slithering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slithering. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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