serpentine
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The singer also wore white Louboutin heels and a serpentine necklace by Bulgari.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
The artwork depicts a fantastical creature combining multiple striking features, including a spiral horn, elongated snout, hooked teeth, wings, and a serpentine tail.
From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026
With that as the framework from which “House of Ashur” operates, Tarabay understands the eternal allure of the gladiator as opposed to the serpentine psychological maneuvering of Roman senators.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
The stone, set in a serpentine ring, once belonged to Rachel Lambert Mellon, better known as Bunny Mellon, a US horticulturalist, philanthropist and art collector.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
We closed the doors, and then I drove through the serpentine streets of Jefferson Park’s endlessness, the houses all still new-looking and plastic, like a toy village housing tens of thousands of real people.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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“Through the peaks and valleys and alleyways we serpentined through together you were always there,” he continued.
From Fox News ● Jun. 10, 2019
Downstairs, a line that started forming nearly an hour early had serpentined past racks of fluorescent wigs and novelty socks all the way to the front door.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2019
As they serpentined down the murky Itaquaí, signs of civilization receded.
From Washington Post
In Tunis an angry mob, forming spontaneously, serpentined through the narrow streets shouting "Down with Italy!" and "Long Live France!"
From Time Magazine Archive
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That "doughnut" of air under his arms meant that he would probably bob through with dry hair while I serpentined over and under an oar.
From Down the Yellowstone by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
John Wallace kicked field goals of 37 and 39 yards, the latter coming after Chucky Williams’ serpentining interception return and giving Louisville a one-point lead with 1:25 left in the third.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2015
So! keep looking so— My serpentining beauty, rounds on rounds!
From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by William Lyon Phelps
At dawn they were partly concealed by serpentining ghosts of mist that slowly vanished under the increasing heat; and at sunset the mists stole silently over them again.
From Essays in Rebellion by Henry W. Nevinson
From the frontier of Bhutan, six thousand feet up on the face of the mountains, a line of men wound down the serpentining track that led to Ranga Duar.
From The Jungle Girl by Gordon Casserly
Millions of sparks flew from the engine and crossed one another in the darkness, serpentining in long golden lines.
From Tales by Polish Authors by Various
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