Thesaurus results for SNAKING

snaking

verb

present participle of snake

as in lurking

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

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as in creeping

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 snaking The Premier League trophy was kept out of the way, not shown off, apart from the blazing cover picture in the souvenir programme which ensured queues snaking through the crowd to purchase this special memento. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 When her foster mom is preparing dinner, Lu sneakily samples from her siblings’ meals, snaking her tongue into each bowl. — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Previously centered on Nashville and central Tennessee, the district now extends to the northwest corner of the state before snaking south along the Mississippi River to Memphis. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 After Haystack Pass—one of the trail’s most significant ascents—the Highline continues, snaking across open valleys, offering nearly uninterrupted views before reaching the Granite Park Chalet. — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2026 Towering over the Central Business District and the snaking ribbon of the Waller Creek Greenbelt Trail, this 37-story hotel stands out amidst the Austin skyline. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2026 Butter & Cream A certain national chain may be just around the corner in Decatur, but that doesn’t stop lines from snaking out the door at Butter & Cream. — Lia Picard, AJC.com, 22 July 2026 Some of the rest were stuck in water-bottle refill lines, concurrent queues snaking behind small drinking fountains that created a bottleneck of sweaty humanity around the corners of the new stadium. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 18 July 2026 Singer-songwriter and guitarist Nick DiSalvo’s plaintive vocals and snaking riffs can gently suggest thoughtful indie rock or tense up to show off more doom-adjacent roots. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 July 2026

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Verb

Audiences embraced the films for their creeping realism and slow-building scares, which transformed ordinary bedrooms, hallways and home security cameras into places where something terrifying might be lurking just outside the frame.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Filmmaker Bennie Safdie was also seen lurking at the shows with a camera.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of lurking

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Audiences embraced the films for their creeping realism and slow-building scares, which transformed ordinary bedrooms, hallways and home security cameras into places where something terrifying might be lurking just outside the frame.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
That has sent oil prices creeping higher for weeks, edging closer to $100 a barrel.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of creeping

Verb

Pinch-hitter Eli White followed by sneaking a soft line drive up the middle to drive in Durbin, cutting the Giants’ lead to 2-1.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
While the hot-cold cycles didn’t completely erase the tension of being confined in a car with my kids, sneaking away to the adults-only mineral pools — one enriched with magnesium, another with potassium — was a nice reset.

— Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of sneaking

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One of the groups was seen leaving about three hours afterward, according to the NYPD, while the second odd circumstance ended after individuals were seen crawling out and leaving in a vehicle more than two and a half hours after.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Nidhi imagined the baby crawling around in her mother’s body, desperately seeking the uterus, and, failing to find it in its proper place, quietly shrivelling up and dying.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of crawling

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The Braves spent their afternoon with Little League baseball players, sliding down hills and laughing alongside children who will remember Sunday for the rest of their lives.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Defender Kevin O'Toole poked the ball away, but Mboma Dem put away a sliding first-touch shot that opened the scoring in the 11th minute.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of sliding

Verb

The body of a woman who rescued a child struggling in the Delaware River in New Jersey before slipping underwater herself has been recovered following an hourslong search, police said.

— Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Reduce wear time by wearing commuter shoes and slipping into heels once at your destination.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of slipping

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