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serpentine

[sur-puhn-teen, -tahyn] / ˈsɜr pənˌtin, -ˌtaɪn /


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She sees the serpentine stretch of the river as a natural highway that connects Angelenos from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 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

Tally looked up at the ancient, serpentine shape of the roller coaster, the vines crawling up its framework.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

“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

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

Then the rapture overflows the spectator's brain, and the Master, arrayed in a serpentining garment, appears in the path before him.

From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr

From their elevated perch they had a good view of the serpentining line.

From The Elephant God by Gordon Casserly

Defiling beneath this, they moved into the plain, and, corps by corps, piled their arms and resumed their "route," the white line serpentining along the vast plain, and stretching away into the dim distance.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Charles James Lever

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




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