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snaky

[sney-kee] / ˈsneɪ ki /




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On “Anatomical Fable of the Elements,” atop a snaky bassline and a throbbing beat, Ms. Muldrow poses questions: “Is your nose witness to the sweet life?”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

It couldn’t have helped the DOJ’s position that Boasberg is probably one of the most experienced jurists in the U.S. judiciary when it comes to dealing with this administration’s snaky tactics.

From Slate Mar. 19, 2026

She added it was "almost snaky", starting gradually.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

Meet the anhinga, a large water bird with a snaky neck that has joined other high-profile vagrant birds in recent years by making a rare appearance outside of its typical migration range.

From New York Times May 4, 2023

They followed the snaky line of the River Thames inland from the North Sea, passing directly over London.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

It was hair that could turn the Medusa to stone, hair snakier than all the snake pits in a minotaur movie.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

After all, Texas is one of the snakiest states in the nation, with more than 80 species, 11 of them venomous.

From Scientific American Sep. 18, 2022

He’s an iceberg, an’ he’s got the snakiest gun-hand of any man in the country.

From 'Drag' Harlan by Charles Alden Seltzer

Angus, Junior, was off early, too, in his snakiest car.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson

A cow-puncher togged up like he was going after the snakiest bronk in the country, when he was only going to drive to town in a buckboard!

From Chip, of the Flying U by Charles M. Russell

There had been much calumniating cackle in the little town; nay, more: cackle is of geese; there had been venom of the snakiest kind.

From The Rough Road by William John Locke




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