SLIMY in a Sentence

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For SLIMY, below is one of 12 sentences:
He wandered up and down the dark slimy streets peering into the gloom of lanes and doorways, listening eagerly for any sound.

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 Meanings and Examples of SLIMY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
slimy
 a.  covered with or resembling slime or mess mud
Classic Sentence:
1  He shivered as if he had cold slimy water next his skin.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  That was the way a rat felt, slimy and damp and cold.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  Sleek slimy coats, little little feet tucked up to jump, black slimy eyes to look out of.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  He wandered up and down the dark slimy streets peering into the gloom of lanes and doorways, listening eagerly for any sound.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  The slimy pavement looked like a wet mackintosh.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
6  They'd tramped through my world with slimy feet and there was no place left where I could take refuge when things became too bad to stand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
7  She has to wash slimy dishes and dirty clothes.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
8  I had seen ice on the little horsepond that morning, and as we went through the garden we found the tall asparagus, with its red berries, lying on the ground, a mass of slimy green.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VI
9  'There's no hurry at present, you know, Master Copperfield,' Uriah proceeded, in his slimy way, as I sat gazing at him, with this thought in my mind.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
10  The turbid water, swollen by the heavy rain, was rushing rapidly on below; and all other sounds were lost in the noise of its plashing and eddying against the green and slimy piles.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
Example Sentence:
1  A slimy substance covered the rocks.
2  The seaweed felt cold and slimy.