as in winding
marked by a long series of irregular curves
the country inn lies at the end of a rather serpentine road, but it's worth the trip
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Recent Examples of serpentine
To have any hope of outrunning the spectral presence, the player must commit a serpentine route to memory.
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Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Carrying signs, banners and flags of Mexico, Honduras, Argentina and other Latin American countries, the students marched a serpentine route from their 8th Street school through Sundance Square, stopping at the Tarrant County Courthouse before heading back to campus.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025
Happy whales strapped with barrels of coins, supernatural serpentine disco queens.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
They are connected via a serpentine radio-frequency diode.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2022
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Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Carrying signs, banners and flags of Mexico, Honduras, Argentina and other Latin American countries, the students marched a serpentine route from their 8th Street school through Sundance Square, stopping at the Tarrant County Courthouse before heading back to campus.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2025
Happy whales strapped with barrels of coins, supernatural serpentine disco queens.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
They are connected via a serpentine radio-frequency diode.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2022
See All Example Sentences for serpentine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serpentine
Adjective
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Sharing his battle At that point, Lowe faced a winding path of medical appointments, treatments and side effects.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2025
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Hello, goodbye: The long and winding road of music biopics has finally led us to four feature films about the Beatles, coming in April 2028 by way of Bond director Sam Mendes.—
Raven Smith,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2025
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In an adjacent field lay the twisted and charred remains of ambulances.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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We're also introduced to Eleven’s twisted father figure, Dr. Brenner (Alex Breaux, taking on Matthew Modine's role from the series).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Serpentine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serpentine. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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