serpentine
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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
His serpentine plot flows to a natural yet shocking conclusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
He wears a serpentine ring on his right index finger.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
“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
Small as was the enclosure, between the espaliers and the flower-beds serpentined minute paths of glistening pebbles.
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd
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
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
They were paying no regard to the direction of their walk, whose vague serpentining soon began to bear down towards Henchard.
From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
So! keep looking so— My serpentining beauty, rounds on rounds!
From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by William Lyon Phelps
So! keep looking so—25 My serpentining beauty, rounds on rounds!
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds
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