slither
verb
slith·er
ˈsli-t͟hər 
slithered; slithering; slithers
1
: to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface
2
: to slip or slide like a snake
: to cause to slide
Examples of slither in a Sentence
The snake slithered through the garden.
To get under the porch, I lay on my stomach and slithered like a snake.
She slithered quietly into the room.
He slithered his hand around her waist.
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
The snake slithered all the way past Micheel’s ball before heading into the rough.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
That same year, Hiaasen published Squeeze Me—the book about pythons slithering around Palm Beach.
—Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
As the players are asked questions like who among them is the biggest snake slithering under the radar, Dylan recognizes that this mission is a great opportunity to study how people answer as a way to gauge who might be a Traitor.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Slither.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slither. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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slither
verb
slith·er
ˈslit͟h-ər
1
: to slide or cause to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface
2
: to slip or slide like a snake
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