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
For Shiffrin, the dozen years between slalom golds have been even more serpentine than that.
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Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Serpentine nail art with hearts For this festive nail design, paint three of your nails red then trace some strips in shades of pink and white in the style of a serpentine nail design.
—Paola Zamarripa, Glamour, 10 Feb. 2026
Here’s how Najash taught herpetologists that serpentine body plans didn’t evolve in a straight line, from lizard to legless.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
The 1990s saw Gehry focus on architectural applications of the serpentine sculptural forms that were the hallmark of his furniture designs, most notably in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, completed in 1997 and widely hailed as a masterpiece.
—News Desk, Artforum, 11 Dec. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Serpentine nail art with hearts For this festive nail design, paint three of your nails red then trace some strips in shades of pink and white in the style of a serpentine nail design.
—Paola Zamarripa, Glamour, 10 Feb. 2026
Here’s how Najash taught herpetologists that serpentine body plans didn’t evolve in a straight line, from lizard to legless.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
The 1990s saw Gehry focus on architectural applications of the serpentine sculptural forms that were the hallmark of his furniture designs, most notably in the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, completed in 1997 and widely hailed as a masterpiece.
—News Desk, Artforum, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for serpentine
Adjective
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Chapin said Tokyo’s narrow and winding streets, often crowded with right-handed cars driving on the left side of the road, will present a fresh test for its AI technology, but that Nuro’s systems are designed to adapt and respond in real time.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Hosch, 67, went for a hike on part of the Appalachian Trail, a winding path that extends almost 2,200 miles through 14 states.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Kuma pulled the curved awning in the hotel’s inner courtyard, for example, from the eye-catching karahafu gable roof on the front of the theater.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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Pardington spat out the coin and looked at the bird, the male with its long, curved beak and pronounced wattle.—
Tom Page,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In the original script, Laura, despite becoming aware of the twisted role into which she’s been cast, decides to stay with Betty’s family.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Such is the case of David Lowery’s latest curiosity, a stylish thriller about a twisted affair between a pop star (Anne Hathaway) and her fashion designer (Michaela Cole).—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Serpentine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serpentine. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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