Thesaurus results for SNAKED

snaked

verb

Definition of snaked next

past tense of snake

as in lurked

to move about in a sly or secret manner snaking softly through the brush

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as in slid

to move slowly with the body close to the ground commandos snaking through the grass toward the house

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Recent Examples of snaked Queues snaked around London’s Wembley Arena on Sunday, waiting for a rare opportunity to see the Chinese team in action in the United Kingdom. —

Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 12 May 2026 On Thursday morning, a line of private boats snaked around the perimeter, and once passengers disembarked, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo was there to greet each visitor. —

Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026 The dirt-only diamond was loamy and soft and home plate was totally submerged in a muddy puddle, a tributary of which also snaked down the third-base line. —

Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026 Attendees began lining up outside the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena hours before the event and as the start time ticked closer, the line snaked far down the sidewalk and began wrapping around the dome where the University of Idaho football team plays. —

Saige Miller, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026 Then in 2022, Rich Strike got into the field only because another horse withdrew the day before and snaked through the home stretch to win at odds longer than 80-1. —

NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026 Airport-security lines snaked into terminal basements or out their front doors. —

Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026 As rain poured on the northern provinces of Iran in late March, a somber crowd snaked through the mountain ranges of Asara carrying the coffin of Mohammad Reza Kia. —

Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026 The David family from Fruitland — consisting of dad Ryan, mom Evelyn and daughters Kairi (15) and Rivkkah (13) — had waited for 20 minutes and were about halfway through the line that snaked from the shop door and trailed back nearly to the entry gate. —

Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 2026

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But within the house, violence lurked like flammable gas.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
The short answer is that a wide gulf exists between rumor and fact and Swalwell lurked in that gray space, living and thriving in the shadows between provability and denial.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026