To me, he just keeps looking more and more snake-like. From Wordnik.com. [In Contrast With Core Hillary Message, Carville Says He Thinks Obama "Will" Win General Election] Reference
The snake-like trunk lingered caressingly on her golden head. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
In and out among the snake-like, waving branches swam big fishes. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder] Reference
'Oh, Chios, why are you so fascinated by this snake-like creature?'. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
And then I saw the black snake-like cloud coming down out of the sky. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
As each hungry wave fell back, it left a slimy, snake-like trail behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Beast of Space] Reference
For a second the loop hung snake-like in the air, above the convict's head. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
The snake-like shapes attached themselves to her behind with their pointed heads. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference
That's my picture of Joe Lieberman, snide, slippery and dangerous ... snake-like. From Wordnik.com. [Lieberman: Obama's Alleged Endorsement By Hamas Shows "Difference" With McCain] Reference
And the closest snake-like relative is this awesome creature right here, the monitor. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005] Reference
A buzzing television set swooped down at me from the ceiling on a snake-like support rod. From Wordnik.com. [The Spear Master] Reference
"What is that?" asked Leam, pointing to the small phial with its snake-like spiral label. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
They are snake-like reptiles that have rings of scales encircling the entire body and tail. From Wordnik.com. [Reptile families] Reference
He held something in his hand, and a long snake-like object seemed to wiggle along behind him. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Allies Under the Sea] Reference
‘All in good time, sir,’ said George, with a snake-like benevolence worthy of his employer herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Dancing Druids]
And a dark gray cloud came over the sun, and long, snake-like shadows crept up along the mountain sides. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
Mulock rose, put on his slouched hat, and, a dull fire burning in his cold, snake-like eyes, slowly said. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The submarine was held fast in the grip of the long, sinuous, snake-like fingers of the terrible sea grass. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder] Reference
The members kept licking their lips, the narrow pink tongues slipping in and out with snake-like quickness. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
A.M. he flings himself flat on his face outside my dug-out at 6 A.M. and wriggles snake-like towards my boots. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917] Reference
Looking eastward, you see the railroad and river winding their snake-like course along the high and hilly plain. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service] Reference
‘Lifelong friends, I do not doubt,’ he said, his dark eyes holding to the pale snake-like gaze of the warrior. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
Presently he is a unit in a long snake-like column of men that winds along the road through the dark into the unknown. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of a War Correspondent] Reference
From this trunk there writhed a score of long black snake-like tentacles, each terminating in a flexible three-fingered. From Wordnik.com. [Zehru of Xollar] Reference
It was almost dark when I came to another portion of the winding, snake-like barrier, which curved out as if to meet me. From Wordnik.com. ['Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany] Reference
And the snake-like root of the bamboo, which no doubt suggested the story to its composer, is now adduced in proof of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
There had been no rain for a week, so the roof was dry, and soon narrow, snake-like lines of flame began to creep across it. From Wordnik.com. [Injun and Whitey to the Rescue] Reference
Mechanically she counted the cars of the train which was winding its black, snake-like trail far down below them in the valley. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
Blake from making out any details beyond a hazy glimpse of a cluster of what seemed to be long slender snake-like black tentacles. From Wordnik.com. [Zehru of Xollar] Reference
Crouching flat to the ground, they glide after the startled birds with a snake-like movement, now stopping, now running swiftly in. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876] Reference
I hauled that out o 'the waistband of my pants and I began slicing at them snake-like arms of the critter and yelling like all get-out. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
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