snake

Example Sentences

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What’s more, spirulina leaves a sticky film akin to dental plaque inside the pipes that snake through Mars’s plants, threatening to build up and cause mold, a food-safety hazard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

"The driver came back to his car eventually and he opened the engine bay up and the snake was sat on the right-hand side above the strut spring."

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

In the gym, electrical wires snake across the floor to each family's cardboard home, but there is no running water and the heat under the zinc roof is stifling.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

A 78-year-old woman was bitten by a snake three times and died of her injuries, the third snakebite fatality in California this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

“You’re a snake, Ida Applewood,” I could hear Claire say in front of a crowd of hundreds.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan