serpentine

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

The advance is sometimes serpentine, which is why market volatility should be considered something to monetize—or mostly ignore.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

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

Downtown, where bluffs rise above the serpentine Mississippi River, George Campbell was walking his goldendoodle, Zac, when he spotted a group of National Guard soldiers in fatigues, handguns holstered at their hips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

The coastal plain rivers in leaden serpentine across the wasted farmland.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

“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

Posing as a Swiss traveling salesman, he had serpentined through Germany for eleven days, finally crossed into Switzerland.

From Time Magazine Archive

The yellow hair had a clear golden tint not tawny, and the fineness was remarkable of the stray threads that serpentined out of the artistic braid and drooping ringlets.

From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre

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 The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

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

From The Elephant God by Casserly, Gordon

There's a serpentining walk up each of the mounds, that gives you the yard and neighbourhood changing every moment.

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

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 Lever, Charles James