How to Use slime in a Sentence

slime

1 of 2 noun
Definition of slimenext
Synonyms for slimenext
  • Green slime covers the surface of the pond.
  • She thinks men are slime.
  • The gutter, the trenches, the dirt, the slime, the scum.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2024
  • To capture the vastness of the slime, The Times had to be high above the water.
    — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • Could snail slime and salmon sperm be the next big things in skincare?
    — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • This set comes with four types of putty and four types of slime.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 23 Nov. 2022
  • And an outbreak of slime choked sea life in the Marmara Sea.
    — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Most of the signs were brandished with Nickelodeon’s green slime.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Jack Harlow‘s performance at the 2022 Kids’ Choice Awards was topped off with a burst of slime.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Every week many of them scrub the slime off the bottoms of the boats just to keep them from slowing down.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 1 July 2021
  • My two-year-old watches slime videos with more views than the Oscars.
    — Vulture, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Mook opened a freezer and pulled out a Ziploc plastic bag of icy green slime.
    — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American, 1 May 2022
  • And their single foot that leaves a signature of slime.
    — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Cutting the okra in half lengthwise can also cut down on slime.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
  • Kids ages 8 and up can use this kit to make slime and goop, make a volcano erupt and chisel for gemstones.
    — Halla Mannering, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Full rain gear, including a hat, will keep fish slime and water out of your hair.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2021
  • Before slime kits were all the rage, there was Silly Putty.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Sun, salt, and slime cause the material in fishing line to break down.
    — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In addition, inspectors observed slime and mold growth on the floor and on the cove base in the walk-in cooler.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The family claimed to have smelled strange smells, sensed cold spots in certain areas of the house and saw green slime coming out of the walls.
    — Fox News, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Was Here, would be a glamour shot—coiffed bangs, dangling jewels—if not for the green-black slime smeared on her teeth and chin.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 June 2021
  • Bring a stress ball, slime or thinking putty to work through tension.
    — Katie Hurley, CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
  • But the problem doesn’t stop with snail slime; there are allegedly fake brand-name perfumes and trendy to-go cups.
    — WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Jolts of acid tones— mauves and slime green—lit up models’s lids at Conner Ives, thanks to makeup artist Lucy Bridge.
    — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2023
  • It’s flatter and more saturated than the neon-loud slime green.
    — Katy Kelleher, refinery29.com, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Your kids will love making their own slime in red watermelon and mint scents with this set of two.
    — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 29 Dec. 2022
  • This is exactly how a (slime) puppy would sit in front of daddy.
    — Megh Wright, Vulture, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Even better, each slime egg comes with a surprise toy inside.
    — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Good Housekeeping kid testers loved pulling the buildable dinosaurs out of the lava slime.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The video covers having the proper equipment for large fish, minimizing the time the fish is out of the water, protecting the fish’s slime coating, holding the large fish horizontally to support the fish’s body and releasing the fish properly.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2024
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slime

2 of 2 verb
  • These growths are what attracted Webb to slime molds in the first place.
    — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2022
  • That means that even if those glands need a few weeks to refill, the rest of the hagfish's body is still ready to slime.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The media has been in training—and often paid—to slime me and to slander me for years.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Feb. 2018
  • On Sunday, the CBS team will be ready and armed should players or coaches agree to slime.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2022
  • All over Africa, anyone is free to slime the opposition.
    — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The yogurt frosting turns to slime in your fingers and the pumpkin spice has an astringent aftertaste.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 27 Sep. 2022
  • How did the swamp slime up our laws and governance before the government even existed?
    — Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 26 Oct. 2021
  • This time, the mysterious threat appears to be an attack of extraterrestrial cow patties, enormous heaps of foul-smelling gunk that fall out of the sky to slime the characters at random.
    — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • Even on its best day, disclosure mostly serves up cheap ammunition for partisans to slime their opponents.
    — Bradley A. Smith, National Review, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Parents, of course, will smile more sincerely about gifts that have some educational value — or won't slime the carpets or cause some other catastrophic mess.
    — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The excursion included lots of roller coasters, slime green suckers, and Disney's famous churros—an ideal Disney experience.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 18 Jan. 2022
  • These growths are what attracted Webb to slime molds in the first place.
    — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 6 Jan. 2022
  • That means that even if those glands need a few weeks to refill, the rest of the hagfish's body is still ready to slime.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The media has been in training—and often paid—to slime me and to slander me for years.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 Feb. 2018
  • On Sunday, the CBS team will be ready and armed should players or coaches agree to slime.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2022
  • All over Africa, anyone is free to slime the opposition.
    — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The yogurt frosting turns to slime in your fingers and the pumpkin spice has an astringent aftertaste.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 27 Sep. 2022
  • How did the swamp slime up our laws and governance before the government even existed?
    — Bonnie Kristian, The Week, 26 Oct. 2021
  • This time, the mysterious threat appears to be an attack of extraterrestrial cow patties, enormous heaps of foul-smelling gunk that fall out of the sky to slime the characters at random.
    — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • Even on its best day, disclosure mostly serves up cheap ammunition for partisans to slime their opponents.
    — Bradley A. Smith, National Review, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Parents, of course, will smile more sincerely about gifts that have some educational value — or won't slime the carpets or cause some other catastrophic mess.
    — Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The excursion included lots of roller coasters, slime green suckers, and Disney's famous churros—an ideal Disney experience.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 18 Jan. 2022

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