slimier; slimiest
Examples of slimy in a Sentence
Get your slimy fingers off my jacket.
please remove your slimy boots before coming into the house
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At its worst, networking can feel cynical, almost slimy.
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Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, 15 eateries — including a Food Maxx grocery store and Shell gas station — were shut down due to food safety issues ranging from cockroaches and slimy sinks to a leaky roof and a lack of hot water.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Hawkins, Indiana, has not turned into a hellscape of Demogorgons and slimy vines.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats.
—Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025
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Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, 15 eateries — including a Food Maxx grocery store and Shell gas station — were shut down due to food safety issues ranging from cockroaches and slimy sinks to a leaky roof and a lack of hot water.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Hawkins, Indiana, has not turned into a hellscape of Demogorgons and slimy vines.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025
There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats.
—Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slimy
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“Slimy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slimy. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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slimy
adjective
slimier; slimiest
1
a
: of, relating to, or resembling slime : viscous
b
: covered with or producing slime
2
sliminess
noun
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