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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He is trained, tutored and eventually tortured; he is outplayed at cards and conspiracy, and is alternately the victim and the beneficiary of serpentine plots, but never the instigator of them.
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Matthew Keeley, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
On lush Sentosa Island, the 30-acre compound delights both traditionalists — with a pair of 19th-century colonial manors — and modernists, with a serpentine Foster + Partners addition that loops around a rainforest and a trio of swimming pools.
—Elaine Glusac, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
As punishment, he was ordered to complete 12 labors, the second of which was killing the Hydra, a nine-headed, serpentine monster that lived in the swamps of Lerna.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Completed in 1925, this charming hotel and cabin complex was designed by famed national park architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood and is set amongst the sky-high canyon walls and serpentine river bends that have drawn people to the park for decades.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
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Matthew Keeley, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
On lush Sentosa Island, the 30-acre compound delights both traditionalists — with a pair of 19th-century colonial manors — and modernists, with a serpentine Foster + Partners addition that loops around a rainforest and a trio of swimming pools.
—Elaine Glusac, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
As punishment, he was ordered to complete 12 labors, the second of which was killing the Hydra, a nine-headed, serpentine monster that lived in the swamps of Lerna.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
Completed in 1925, this charming hotel and cabin complex was designed by famed national park architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood and is set amongst the sky-high canyon walls and serpentine river bends that have drawn people to the park for decades.
—Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
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“Serpentine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serpentine. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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