Example Sentences

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It cannot escape, but it thrives slimily on a broth of smaller protozoa.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the blazing unclouded sun poured down, scowls gathered and perspiration trickled slimily upon hot flesh.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fact that the goblin was wriggling slimily didn’t help.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

But it was more than that; there was something slimily questionable about the Babylonian that always sent prickles up Ranofer’s spine.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Finally one of the fish worked its way out of the sodden newspaper and fell on the floor where it lay slimily in the dust.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith