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
If Budapest’s serpentine layout compresses the pack, watch Williams: Alex Albon’s gritty sixth in Belgium proved the FW47 can dig in and defend, turning Friday pace into Sunday headaches for faster cars.
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Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The serpentine letterforms seen across the collection, for example, nod to Ireland’s calligraphic heritage.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
Three baby Neal children, dying in 1666, 1671, and an unknown year get the skull-with-wings but also an hourglass, serpentine borders, a Latin inscription, and decorative triangles above each name.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 July 2025
Others have previously made stretchable circuits by depositing ultrathin layers of metal in weblike networks or serpentine patterns.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2022
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Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 31 July 2025
The serpentine letterforms seen across the collection, for example, nod to Ireland’s calligraphic heritage.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 25 July 2025
Three baby Neal children, dying in 1666, 1671, and an unknown year get the skull-with-wings but also an hourglass, serpentine borders, a Latin inscription, and decorative triangles above each name.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 19 July 2025
Others have previously made stretchable circuits by depositing ultrathin layers of metal in weblike networks or serpentine patterns.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2022
See All Example Sentences for serpentine
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serpentine
Adjective
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The long and winding road of The Beatles leads to a trifecta of new anniversary artifacts.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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On Beatles night at Citi Field, the Mets took a long and winding road to defeat.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The curved design trend has delivered an abundance of playful pieces to homes over the past couple of years.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
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The video of serene waves that swished behind the curved stage at the start of Dua Lipa’s concert slowly intensified until the tide became a surge, an appropriate analogy for the pop superstar’s arrival in the US for the first time in more than three years.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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There’s a twisted wit to the setup here, as Kolstad takes real trends in American life — economic stagnation, rising tribalism, gun fetishism — and follows them to their corrupt, violent end points.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
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When those two go rogue, Ulysses enlists Gunderson’s misunderstood adult child, Alex (Jess McLeod), who’s like the wide-eyed kid to Odenkirk’s Shane, in this movie’s twisted-Western logic.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Serpentine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serpentine. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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