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
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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.
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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
With the Broncos and Jets set to meet Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur, the second of three London games on this season’s schedule, there should be at least a tiny bit of trepidation that someone will slip into the snake pit and become the latest NFL personality to make a forgettable Brexit.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Inside the museum, visitors can climb into a snake pit, tour a collection of global oddities and attend expert presentations in the building's historic courtroom, per the event website.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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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
With the Broncos and Jets set to meet Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur, the second of three London games on this season’s schedule, there should be at least a tiny bit of trepidation that someone will slip into the snake pit and become the latest NFL personality to make a forgettable Brexit.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Inside the museum, visitors can climb into a snake pit, tour a collection of global oddities and attend expert presentations in the building's historic courtroom, per the event website.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snake pit
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“Snake pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snake%20pit. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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