How to Use slime in a Sentence

slime

noun
  • Green slime covers the surface of the pond.
  • She thinks men are slime.
  • The gutter, the trenches, the dirt, the slime, the scum.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
  • To capture the vastness of the slime, The Times had to be high above the water.
    Terence McGinley, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • Could snail slime and salmon sperm be the next big things in skincare?
    Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • This set comes with four types of putty and four types of slime.
    Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 23 Nov. 2022
  • And an outbreak of slime choked sea life in the Marmara Sea.
    New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Most of the signs were brandished with Nickelodeon’s green slime.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Jack Harlow‘s performance at the 2022 Kids’ Choice Awards was topped off with a burst of slime.
    Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Every week many of them scrub the slime off the bottoms of the boats just to keep them from slowing down.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 1 July 2021
  • My two-year-old watches slime videos with more views than the Oscars.
    Vulture, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Mook opened a freezer and pulled out a Ziploc plastic bag of icy green slime.
    Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American, 1 May 2022
  • And their single foot that leaves a signature of slime.
    Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Cutting the okra in half lengthwise can also cut down on slime.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
  • Kids ages 8 and up can use this kit to make slime and goop, make a volcano erupt and chisel for gemstones.
    Halla Mannering, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Full rain gear, including a hat, will keep fish slime and water out of your hair.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2021
  • Before slime kits were all the rage, there was Silly Putty.
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Sun, salt, and slime cause the material in fishing line to break down.
    Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In addition, inspectors observed slime and mold growth on the floor and on the cove base in the walk-in cooler.
    Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The family claimed to have smelled strange smells, sensed cold spots in certain areas of the house and saw green slime coming out of the walls.
    Fox News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Was Here, would be a glamour shot—coiffed bangs, dangling jewels—if not for the green-black slime smeared on her teeth and chin.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 June 2021
  • Bring a stress ball, slime or thinking putty to work through tension.
    Katie Hurley, CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
  • But the problem doesn’t stop with snail slime; there are allegedly fake brand-name perfumes and trendy to-go cups.
    WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Jolts of acid tones— mauves and slime green—lit up models’s lids at Conner Ives, thanks to makeup artist Lucy Bridge.
    Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2023
  • It’s flatter and more saturated than the neon-loud slime green.
    Katy Kelleher, refinery29.com, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Your kids will love making their own slime in red watermelon and mint scents with this set of two.
    Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 29 Dec. 2022
  • This is exactly how a (slime) puppy would sit in front of daddy.
    Megh Wright, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Even better, each slime egg comes with a surprise toy inside.
    Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Good Housekeeping kid testers loved pulling the buildable dinosaurs out of the lava slime.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But remember, where there is okra, there will always be some slime.
    Antara Sinha, Bon Appétit, 30 Sep. 2023

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