[
UK
/slˈɪðəɹɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈsɫɪðɝɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫɪðɝɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
moving as on a slippery surface
his slipping and slithering progress over the ice
How To Use slithering In A Sentence
- Unpleasant weather conditions prevailed and the players slithering on the greasy surface was a common occurrence.
- It felt like an oily snake slithering around in my head.
- The grinning, slithering jackanapes is reportedly going to concentrate his sales pitch on the U.S., suspecting that we Brits would sooner chew our tongues than buy his book when it is published on Sept. 13. Boycott Blair's Book!
- A heavy slithering came from somewhere close and I wished they weren't so quiet, I wished they'd scream in their fright or bang into something, to take my mind away from their oily leglessness. The Mandarin Cypher
- I crouched down without making a sound and started slithering like a snake through the bushy tomato plants that Mr. Russo had tied up on stakes.
- You watch as the waters begin to protrude, becoming a mass of hysterically delocalized pillars slithering upwards, outwards, onwards towards the shore. Faraday's Wave Garden
- Back tire slurping and bouncing wildly, I kept going, finally slithering to a halt when I saw Jeff and Joe crouched under a rock outcropping.
- RESEARCHERS have found a new species of taipan snake slithering in the outback. Archive 2007-03-01
- If there were too much light she would naturally see the reptile slithering up and down the bell-pull, and make too correct an identification.
- The icy blast of polar weather that swept in from Canada saw planes grounded, ferries hit and cars slithering off roads. The Sun