How to Use snake in a Sentence

snake

1 of 2 noun
Definition of snakenext
Synonyms for snakenext
  • I thought she was my friend, but she turned out to be a snake in the grass.
  • At some point, the head will need to be cut off of the snake.
    — Douglas J. Feith, National Review, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The garden was built first, and then the snake figured out how to get in.
    — Paiman Allage, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The look was made even more rock-and-roll by a snake wrapped around the actress' neck.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The snake, which was more than nine feet long, could have eaten the birds.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Oct. 2023
  • What did one snake say to the other on Valentine’s Day?
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a big ol’ tank of venomous snakes that pays off big-time.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
  • One girl, no more than 10 years old, wiggles a found piece of string on the ground, like a snake.
    — Erin O'Brien, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Her brown mane swirls and snakes, reaching for the surface.
    — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The Timber Rattlesnake is the other venomous snake found in the area.
    — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The easiest way to start using the drain snake is to feed it down the drain slowly from the sink.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The f---ing goddamn snake’s tongue is flicking out at me.
    — Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
  • There’s more to cleaning a gun than running a bore snake through the barrel.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a lot of direct-to-video schlock like Medusa, a movie about a lady with snakes in her hair.
    — PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024
  • There are no more than eight guns at the ranch, mainly used to kill feral hogs and snakes, McGillis said.
    — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
  • The head of the snake is in Mexico, and that is where the main thrust of our efforts must be directed.
    — William P. Barr, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The actress, 56, proudly held on to a snake and wrapped it around her neck for the new photoshoot.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The devil kisses him on each shoulder, out of which grow two snakes.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • And the hemiclitores are important to the snakes themselves.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In the board game analogy, this would be the first slide down on a snake, Harper explains.
    — Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The reptiles are considered the heaviest snakes in the world.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Together, the two race against time to reveal who is a songbird and who is a snake.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Dodged some snakes and climbed a Mayan temple at one point, but that’s hardly the most hair-raising event of the last 12 months.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The entire concert is a spectacle — all black and red, smoke and snakes.
    — Janey Tracey, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile, above in his tiger cage, Wallingford too was worried about the snakes.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 29 May 2023
  • Remove the drain screen and give it a good cleaning and, if necessary, use a plunger or plumber’s snake to clear the drain.
    — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Today, a dozen freeways snake across about 527 miles of L.A., and many more crisscross the county.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Place two small dabs of mustard on the snake’s head and top with peppercorns to create eyes.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 27 July 2023
  • From the beginning of our lifetime, we’ve been taught that the buzz of a bee or the hiss of a snake usually means danger.
    — Nadjya Ghausi, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In the spring of 1995, dozens of snakes appeared on the beaches of Southern California.
    — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
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snake

2 of 2 verb
  • The road snakes through the mountains.
  • He snaked his way through the crowd.
  • Cables snaked across the floor.
  • Technicians snaked cables through the set.
  • As the show began, the line to get in still snaked around the block.
    — Amy Zimmerman, Vulture, 18 June 2023
  • The lines of ticketholders that snake around the block were M.I.A.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Aside from the snaking windows, the most striking feature in the lounge is the bar.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Winsor Dim Sum Café, where lines snake out the door and down the block by lunchtime.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2022
  • Long lines snake out of the William Hill Sportsbook just off the casino floor.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • On TikTok, those who braved the line, which snaked around the block twice, showed off their spoils.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 May 2023
  • Side streams snake their way from the river, and there’s a nearby dam.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 17 May 2021
  • The tiger snakes of Perth have heavy metals in their livers.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
  • On the weekends, the line outside the new Beacon Hill Books sometimes snakes out the door.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Feb. 2023
  • If there was a window open, the cord would snake into the house and get hooked on a doorknob.
    — Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • Rivers snake their way through what appears to be a sea of endless green.
    — Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Now, long lines snake outside gas stations on the eve of price hikes each month.
    — Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2022
  • The hike takes you into a scene from an old fairy tale, as big old pine trees snake up the mountain.
    — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2021
  • At times, lines started to snake through the store as people waited for a turn.
    — Saam Niami, New York Times, 4 July 2023
  • One night, three years ago, while snaking through the dark bends of Topanga Canyon, Steve Lacy came face to face with death.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That district snakes from McAllen, at the border, to the east side of San Antonio.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Today, weeds grow from the fissures that snake across the courts, and the softball field is riddled with holes.
    — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The best views are on two feet, on any of the more than 400 miles of hiking trails that snake their way through red rock country.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The wine region of verdant hills snaked by vines is considered one of the most picturesque in the world.
    — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The lockdown threatens to snarl other supply chains that snake through the coastal city, too.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Just snake the semi-rigid tube into anything and the WF010 beams live video feed to your phone.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 25 June 2021
  • Chances to snake those prize buyers away don’t come along every day.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Simply snake the semi-rigid tube into any tight space and the WF010 beams video back to your phone.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 4 June 2021
  • The event led hundreds to queue up for hours in a line that snaked through the West Village streets for what appeared to be longer than a mile.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The course is sprawling and lush, with winding hills and a lake that snakes through the landscape, which is bordered by dense trees.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The system is easy to set up and doesn’t need cables snaking everywhere.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024

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