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serpentine

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


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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

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

Bronn snorted laughter and went his way, while Tyrion struggled up the serpentine steps.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

“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

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

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

Toby, his rage thus vented in the rap, Went serpentining home, to take his nap.

From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by George Colman

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

And that Lucretia, his wife! his "serpentining beauty, rounds on rounds!"

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Felix Moscheles


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