How to Use slither in a Sentence

slither

verb

• The snake slithered through the garden.
• He slithered his hand around her waist.
• To get under the porch, I lay on my stomach and slithered like a snake.
• She slithered quietly into the room.
• If the car floats for a few seconds, slither out the window.
  — Michael Stillwell, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
• The 3-foot-long, skinny brown snake slithered to the other side of the bedroom.
  — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
• This complaint turned out to be a ? slithering down the road.
  — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 24 June 2019
• The thing that slithered into our world was the size of a horse, but lower, longer, and leaner.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2020
• Of course, legless lizards didn’t just kick off their legs and slither away one day.
  — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2020
• But the gorilla is scared off when the snake begins to slither.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2021
• Aestas slithered down from the tree and faced Ander, eyes wide.
  — cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
• The hatchling slithered in Ms. Siewe’s hands, around her fingers and wrist, up her arm, down her leg.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• This time, the law just couldn’t be ignored; it couldn’t be bent or broadened enough for Guyger to slither free.
  — Kirsten West Savali, Essence, 3 Oct. 2019
• In the opening seconds of the fourth quarter, Green slithered the final 13 yards for what proved to be the final points.
  — Randy Jennings, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023
• Young had two sacks and would have had a third had Peyton Ramsey not slithered out of his grasp.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• Some have been known to slither over damp earth to reach inland waters.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• All are rendered with quick, slithering and slashing strokes of the brush.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2019
• The 5-foot-10 speedy guard can hit the outside shots while slithering through the paint to create contact and finish at the rim.
  — David J. Kim, The Courier-Journal, 14 Jan. 2020
• Now and again the trucks get hung up and slither sideways toward each other.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2020
• But the relentless heat is perfect for snakes to slither around.
  — Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2022
• Snakes slither, sidewind and have even been known to launch themselves from one tree to another.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Jan. 2021
• One by one, the snakes are living to slither another day.
  — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022
• As Tucker Carlson begins to slither out of the news cycle, here’s a reminder to keep our eyes on the prize.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• Oh, by the way, apparently Bannon may have the chance to slither his way back into the White House.
  — Michael Arceneaux, Essence, 20 June 2019
• In 2018, a snake was found slithering in a Virginia Beach toilet.
  — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Cold air slithered down the gentle slopes surrounding the lakes and settled among the vines on lower lands.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• Water snakes like to slither onto trees and rest on branches that hang over the water.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
• The worm slithered from the grass onto the driveway, stuck to Peanut’s foot, flipped up and entangled itself around Peanut’s hind legs.
  — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
• The latest megawatt celebrity to slither into the trend and take it to the next level: Kim Kardashian West.
  — Vogue, 25 Mar. 2019
• Some guests at an airport in the Philippines were shocked to find a snake slithering through the departure lounge.
  — Fox News, 16 Sep. 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024