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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The in-store experience will include red shopping bags, which symbolize good luck and prosperity in the new year, which have been redesigned with serpentine shapes in the classic T-monogram.
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Nick Hall, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
The defiance of the second track off Swift’s sixth album vibrates through Burt’s poem, which also picks up the serpentine imagery of the singer’s hard pivot to pop.
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The mountains surrounding town keep it relatively isolated, as do the serpentine roads between it and larger burgs.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
How to get around the fact that heavy snowfall often closes the serpentine stretch of Highway 2 leading up to the resort?
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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Nick Hall, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
The defiance of the second track off Swift’s sixth album vibrates through Burt’s poem, which also picks up the serpentine imagery of the singer’s hard pivot to pop.
—Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The mountains surrounding town keep it relatively isolated, as do the serpentine roads between it and larger burgs.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
How to get around the fact that heavy snowfall often closes the serpentine stretch of Highway 2 leading up to the resort?
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for serpentine
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“Serpentine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serpentine. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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