snakelike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snakelike
Adjective
  • For Max in particular, his parent’s lifelong humorless severity looks more and more like malevolent delusion under a cloak of puritanical righteousness.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 July 2025
  • Liam sounds ferociously on-form, his nasal snarl infused with a malevolent purr.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • There is just too much market demand for evidence that Trump and his works are wholly malignant.
    The Editors, National Review, 7 July 2025
  • Common types of adrenal tumors include adrenal adenomas (benign), adrenal carcinomas (malignant and prone to spreading) peochromocrytomas, and paragangliomas.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Imagine the naïve mind of a 16-yer old being manipulated by the devious, nefarious, and exceptionally skillful political strategists who are backed by countless billions of bucks.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • Expose every last devious aspect of the terror attack — all the countries that looked the other way and the spy agencies that failed fellow Americans.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Attacks are now surging across the U.S., targeting citizens with malicious texts, emails and popups.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • Habba was sued by Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for false arrest, malicious prosecution and defamation after his arrest during a protest an immigration detention center in Newark on May 9.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • But to unsuspecting humans, killer bees seem aggressive, spiteful and, of course, terrifying.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • But there’s a qualitative difference with a spiteful, foul-mouthed, score-settling president leading by acrid example.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But, unfortunately, there will be more as the extraordinarily virulent pathogen continues to tear around the country.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
  • Whether on purpose or by accident, Grok has been instructed or trained to reflect the style and rhetoric of a virulent bigot.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Hoxton Grove Estate is shrouded in bad vibes, from Jess’s fighting neighbors — a group of women who have been, by turns, loving and hateful toward each other all season, their intensity coming to a head when one of them is seduced by the other’s boyfriend — to Felix’s lethargy.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 July 2025
  • Being a private equity venture, Substack directly profits from its creators, hateful and hopeful alike.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Over time, this can create a vicious cycle where poor sleep and chronic anxiety feed into each other, creating a loop that damages your well-being.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • There was a scary moment later in the third quarter when Charlotte’s James Banks III hit Sacramento’s Dylan Cardwell with a vicious elbow to the face.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
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“Snakelike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snakelike. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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