snake pit
noun
1
dated
: a hospital for the mentally ill
2
: a place or state of chaotic disorder and distress
Examples of snake pit in a Sentence
finally managed to crawl out of the snake pit of her drug addiction
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With the Broncos and Jets set to meet Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur, the second of three London games on this season’s schedule, there should be at least a tiny bit of trepidation that someone will slip into the snake pit and become the latest NFL personality to make a forgettable Brexit.
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Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Inside the museum, visitors can climb into a snake pit, tour a collection of global oddities and attend expert presentations in the building's historic courtroom, per the event website.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The series, which used to air on Fox and USA before pivoting to Netflix this year, takes four couples on rocky ground, splits them up, and puts them into a snake pit of singles whose only goal is to tempt.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The film is imbued with a satirical tone that portrays Argentinian society as being a snake pit of corruption and violence.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Aug. 2024
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Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Inside the museum, visitors can climb into a snake pit, tour a collection of global oddities and attend expert presentations in the building's historic courtroom, per the event website.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The series, which used to air on Fox and USA before pivoting to Netflix this year, takes four couples on rocky ground, splits them up, and puts them into a snake pit of singles whose only goal is to tempt.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The film is imbued with a satirical tone that portrays Argentinian society as being a snake pit of corruption and violence.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for snake pit
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“Snake pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snake%20pit. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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