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 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 This week, construction crews and equipment snaked along a hillside on the southern end of the 420-acre parcel, away from the three sites where the Army Corps had halted work. —

Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026 The consequent disruptions ground some airports to a near-halt, while others contended with security lines that snaked out into parking lots and lasted upward of four hours. —

Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026 Wait times have exceeded three hours in some locations — longer than some of the flights those airports offered — as lines have snaked through terminals and outside of airports. —

Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026 Blue-and-white minibuses, inscribed with misspelt movie quotes and popular local sayings, snaked through the congestion on the narrow road in front of them. —

Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026 By the time the Bay Area’s newest H Mart opened Thursday morning, the line to get in numbered hundreds of customers and snaked around the massive building in Dublin. —

Shae Hammond, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 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