snake pit
noun
1
dated
: a hospital for the mentally ill
2
: a place or state of chaotic disorder and distress
Examples of snake pit in a Sentence
finally managed to crawl out of the snake pit of her drug addiction
Recent Examples on the Web
The town is home to the world's largest snake pits, where tens of thousands of non-venomous red-sided garter snakes emerge each spring to wriggle over one another.
—
Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
By mimicking the biological blueprint of snake pit organs and combining it with semiconductor manufacturing, the researchers have opened a path toward truly accessible thermal vision.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
But at home, his Garfield is a gentle, loving husband, father and farmer — an unlikely person to rise to the top in the snake pit of national government in the 1880s.
—David Bianculli, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
The liberal chat room turned sour—my God, what a snake pit that must have been.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snake pit
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
By mimicking the biological blueprint of snake pit organs and combining it with semiconductor manufacturing, the researchers have opened a path toward truly accessible thermal vision.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Dec. 2025
But at home, his Garfield is a gentle, loving husband, father and farmer — an unlikely person to rise to the top in the snake pit of national government in the 1880s.
—David Bianculli, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
The liberal chat room turned sour—my God, what a snake pit that must have been.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snake pit
Cite this Entry
“Snake pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snake%20pit. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
