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Recent Examples of slithering
Even the opening credits, some written in slithering hair, seem to tremble out of either fear or ecstasy.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Like a shuddersome image of worms slithering from underneath a rock, a bunch of powerful and formerly respected people in America and beyond have been exposed by the Epstein files.
—Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
The Grammy-winning artist later reclaimed the slithering serpent as one of the key visual elements of her follow-up album, Reputation.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
My back resembled a winding river or slithering snake.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 4 Jan. 2026
What in the snake-slithering 'Reputation' is going on?
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
And the story of the city’s slithering saurian appears to have a happy ending.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
In video footage captured, the reptile can be seen slithering in between the front wheels of the car in search of an entry point underneath.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
In one apt spooky season flourish, a pet snake features prominently in the clip, at one point slithering all over Offset’s grinning face.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Like a shuddersome image of worms slithering from underneath a rock, a bunch of powerful and formerly respected people in America and beyond have been exposed by the Epstein files.
—Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
The Grammy-winning artist later reclaimed the slithering serpent as one of the key visual elements of her follow-up album, Reputation.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
My back resembled a winding river or slithering snake.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 4 Jan. 2026
What in the snake-slithering 'Reputation' is going on?
—Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
And the story of the city’s slithering saurian appears to have a happy ending.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
In video footage captured, the reptile can be seen slithering in between the front wheels of the car in search of an entry point underneath.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
In one apt spooky season flourish, a pet snake features prominently in the clip, at one point slithering all over Offset’s grinning face.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slithering
Verb
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Martha felt a creeping boredom in the long hours when nothing at all happened.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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American co-pro money has slowly been creeping back into the market and Salt comes bearing receipts.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Galahadosuchus represents one of the early ancestors of that lineage, and the evolutionary path from upright sprinter to belly-crawling ambush predator is a long one.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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But Baba’s streets were crawling with ICE proxies during his entire childhood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Hundreds of millions of Chinese travellers embarked on the world’s largest annual migration, snaking across the country’s mammoth rail network to take part in Lunar New Year celebrations.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, Moscow escalated its attacks on Ukraine's power grid in an apparent effort to deny civilians power and to weaken public support for the war, while hostilities continued along the roughly 600-mile front line snaking through eastern and southern parts of Ukraine.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Two super-steep slopes where a fall could result in sliding — or tumbling — hundreds of feet.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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Buyers at Gatherpoint can personalize their homes to their preferences with options for extending patios, lanais and garages, enclosing flex rooms and expanding indoor-outdoor connections with pocketing or zero-corner sliding glass doors.—
Pulte Homes,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Slithering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slithering. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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