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Synonyms for slime
Synonyms: Noun
guck (or gook), mire, muck, mud, ooze, slop, sludge, slush
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Examples of slime in a Sentence
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Green slime covers the surface of the pond. She thinks men are slime.Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Aquaplancton has been clearing ponds of all types of algae, green water, string algae, sludge, slime, odor, and clogged ïŹlter for over 20 years. — Country Living, "No More Pond AlgaeâNaturally Voted Home And Garden âProduct Of The Yearâ," 3 Sep. 2019 Harmful algal blooms are rare in Cleveland, though the green slime shows up each summer in the western basin of Lake Erie, ravaging the tourism industry. — Laura Johnston, cleveland.com, "How to check water quality at Cleveland beaches," 18 July 2019 Between slime-green liner on the likes of Kendall Jenner to lime-green nails on superstars like Rihanna and Cardi B, neon green has been having quite the moment in the beauty space. — Rachel Lubitz, refinery29.com, "Billie Eilish Just Dyed Her Hair A Wild New Colour â & Fans Love It," 4 July 2019 Last year, the company turned 12 million pounds of slime into shoe soles; many other products, from flooring to backpacks, are possible. — Ruth Kassinger, BostonGlobe.com, "How slime will save the world," 26 July 2019 The first seasonâs monster was mostly brought to life by a man in monster suit (with the help of lots of slime, of course!). — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, "'Stranger Things': Lip gloss was secret ingredient to getting Billy to look so sweaty," 6 July 2019 Romine-Mann said police exaggerated the trajectory of the bucketâs slime. — oregonlive.com, "2 Portland protesters who doused cops with buckets of glitter mixed with lubricant get 5 days in jail," 7 June 2019 And Nickelodeon, the childrenâs television network, is sending its iconic slime to the orbiting lab for a series of educational demonstrations. — Robin Goist, cleveland.com, "Goodyear sends tire research to International Space Station," 19 July 2019 But so many unknowns exist about the trek of the protruding slime, including the course the explosive bloom could take once this weekendâs tropical disturbance rolls through the Gulf of Mexico. — al.com, "âAll bets are offâ: Toxic algae bloom shutters Mississippi beaches, causes worry in Alabama," 12 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Even on its best day, disclosure mostly serves up cheap ammunition for partisans to slime their opponents. — Bradley A. Smith, National Review, "Doxxing Trump Donors Is Just the Beginning," 9 Aug. 2019 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, "Mariano LlinĂĄsâ âLa Florâ is the dazzling, epic centerpiece of Locarno in Los Angeles," 15 June 2018 All over Africa, anyone is free to slime the opposition. — The Economist, "How African governments try to control what is said online," 19 Apr. 2018 The media has been in trainingâand often paidâto slime me and to slander me for years. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, "Rose McGowan on Her 'Brave' New Book and Surviving the 'Cult of Hollywood'," 1 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'slime.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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