On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Slimy. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as slimed or wretched and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Slimy in a sentence
Slimy meaning
- Of or pertaining to slime
- Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime
- Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy.
Slimy vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Slimy
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to slime | Resembling, of the nature of, covered or daubed with, or abounding in slime | Friendly in a false, calculating way; underhanded; two-faced; sneaky; slick; smarmy.
- Useful related words include: slimed, wretched, worthless, unworthy.
- Possible Dutch translations are: slijmerig.
- In the example corpus, slimy often appears in combinations such as: the slimy, and slimy, slimy and.
Context around Slimy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slimy
- In this selection, "slimy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, yea, felt, protective, things, sea and layers stand out and add context to how "slimy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit slimy and stringy and being a slimy dude. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slimy" sits close to words such as abortive, adel and agonising, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slimy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It felt slimy rather than creamy. (6 words)
But it is dirty and slimy. (6 words)
Olamide has his slimy ways too. (6 words)
Earlier in February, the High Court of Justice of Catalonia heard testimony relating to Alves’ “slimy attitude” from the victim’s friend, who had been present at the Sutton nightclub on the evening of the incident. (36 words)
He wasn't bad — and he certainly had a tough job — but I actually wish he'd been a tiny bit more fun and charismatic, and a little bit less slimy. (31 words)
The problem is caused by a build-up of mineral deposits emitted by hard water and while it is relatively harmless, it can result in an unsightly layer of slimy gunk. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs, Upon the slimy sea.
Biofilms are slimy layers of bacteria that ooze a protective jelly that makes antibiotic treatment difficult and DNA sharing between microbes easy.
Ferris Bueller from Ferris Bueller's Day Off — "He's a slimy, manipulative liar and con artist.
It felt slimy rather than creamy.
Kendall gamely drank until he couldn’t, and then had the rest poured over his head like a slimy crown.
Slimy Bugs are aquatic insects found in the river in the Lion King realm.
Slimy toads and newts will be part of the Earth Day Celebration April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, at the Bradford Woods Reserve.
That was the acting part of it, this guy's expectations and being a slimy dude.
The bacterium was revealed to be a highly efficient degrader of intestinal mucus, the protective slimy layer that separates most intestinal bacteria from the host cells.
The texture wasn't off-puting for me, but it is a bit slimy and stringy when you first pump out the product.
To make the fungus pieces stand out during the nighttime scene where the bloater massacres a team of soldiers, Basil’s suit was covered in a slimy lubricant.
Yeti's water bottle comes in a variety of appealing colors, with a no-sweat painted coating that means it won't make your hands or bag slimy.
But it is dirty and slimy.
Danny Huston is blandly sinister as the villain Vincent Roeg, especially compared to the slimy charisma of Michael Wincott in the original.
Earlier in February, the High Court of Justice of Catalonia heard testimony relating to Alves’ “slimy attitude” from the victim’s friend, who had been present at the Sutton nightclub on the evening of the incident.
He wasn't bad — and he certainly had a tough job — but I actually wish he'd been a tiny bit more fun and charismatic, and a little bit less slimy.
Olamide has his slimy ways too.
Talk about salt injury: these granules’ crystals sucked far more than their mass in moisture from the slimy creatures, making them shrivel up and die in seconds.
The only reveal of their identity is the deliciously seedy creaking of their stiff, slimy, black leather gloves.
The problem is caused by a build-up of mineral deposits emitted by hard water and while it is relatively harmless, it can result in an unsightly layer of slimy gunk.
Common combinations with slimy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the slimy 8×
- and slimy 5×
- slimy and 3×
- of slimy 3×
- as slimy 3×
- like slimy 2×
- slimy layer 2×
- bit slimy 2×
- in slimy 2×
- with slimy 2×