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  • noun Plural form of serpentine.

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Examples

  • Contrary to what the phrase conjures up, oil plumes are not black serpentines.

    What the Spill Will Kill 2010

  • But I was determined, so I kept him walking and trotting and doing circles and figure eights and serpentines not easy in this pen and so he had to think and pay attention to me instead of the wind.

    In Gordath Wood: Writer Patrice Sarath » A Frisbee in the wind 2010

  • I had to ride whisper-soft through the serpentines and changes, so I did.

    idyll 2009

  • I had to ride whisper-soft through the serpentines and changes, so I did.

    Yatima » 2009 » August 2009

  • The hay truck came in while I was riding so Ann, the instructor, had me keep Frisbee focused on me with serpentines, halts, transitions, etc., all at the walk.

    In Gordath Wood: Writer Patrice Sarath » Riding lessons 2009

  • It was a heart-shaking thing to see, bursts and serpentines of color, a power in the earth, and she pulled at my sweater and looked at me.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • And when a camera in the flies took a live video shot of the dancers that was projected on a back screen she understood, you all did, how a crowd is reconfigured, teased into methodical geometry, into slipknots and serpentines.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • It was a heart-shaking thing to see, bursts and serpentines of color, a power in the earth, and she pulled at my sweater and looked at me.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • Mesozoic dolomite and limestone predominate; other important substrates are sandstone and marl, the oldest crystalline metamorphic (i.e. quartzite and schist), and ultrabasic serpentines (Smolikas range).

    Pindus Mountains mixed forests 2008

  • And when a camera in the flies took a live video shot of the dancers that was projected on a back screen she understood, you all did, how a crowd is reconfigured, teased into methodical geometry, into slipknots and serpentines.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

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