Thesaurus results for SLITHERS

slithers

verb

present tense third-person singular of slither

as in crawls

to move slowly with the body close to the ground a snake slithering through the garden

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Recent Examples of slithers The roaring bassline slithers beneath a wavering flute note before the floor gives out, and the song begins its fast and furious descent. — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026 Monica rises, and her cobalt raiment slithers behind her down the steps. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026

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Markets do not hold still for a year and a half while your deal crawls through due diligence.

— Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Footage of the moment shows Menitoff acting as if nothing is happening as the bug crawls on her.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 16 July 2026

Definition of crawls

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Complexity slowly creeps in, via the boardroom, presentations, decisions, relationships and finally, the ability to serve the consumer and the very reason why the company exists in the first place.

— Sonal Jain, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
As our conversation extends into the hour mark, her hood creeps upward along the side of her face most visible to those around us.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026

Definition of creeps

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The new district snakes up through Kansas City’s urban core, in an attempt to create a district more favorable for Republicans in the 5th District.

— Jack Harvel July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
The story of McCarthy’s life was written on this winding street that snakes through a small, working-class corner of Pittsburgh where the Monongahela River bends.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of snakes

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To make room for this to happen, the dining table folds against the wall and the rear bench folds and slides forward just behind the driver's seat.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026
Bucharest sits close to the Vrancea seismic zone, where the Eurasian tectonic plate slides beneath another in a way that can produce powerful earthquakes that are felt as far as Istanbul, Kyiv or even Moscow.

— Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026

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