as in hell
a state in which everything is out of order
finally managed to crawl out of the snake pit of her drug addiction
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Recent Examples of snake pit
At its worst, the comment section could be a bit of an echo chamber nestled inside a snake pit.
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Erin Gloria Ryan, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
Her first snake pit venture came when the Sweetwater Jaycees visited Austin in February to promote their annual West Texas rattlesnake roundup.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
Ragnar welcomes death in a snake pit.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021
Places like this have become a snake pit.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
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Erin Gloria Ryan, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
Her first snake pit venture came when the Sweetwater Jaycees visited Austin in February to promote their annual West Texas rattlesnake roundup.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
Ragnar welcomes death in a snake pit.
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021
Places like this have become a snake pit.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
See All Example Sentences for snake pit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snake pit
Noun
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Whether a dream or not, Devon’s definitely in her own personal hell.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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Voters from the United States to the Netherlands have installed far right-wing, anti-immigration, anti-people governments hell bent on punishing migration via the most inhumane measures imaginable.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Smoke follows a detective (Jurnee Smollett) and an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) who are trying to catch a pair of serial arsonists wreaking fiery havoc across the Pacific Northwest.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
28 May 2025
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Infusing the trenches with Allen and Hargrave should make for more havoc in one-on-one matchups.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
Noun
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This daily upkeep keeps messes manageable and prevents them from accumulating to an overwhelming level.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 May 2025
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Watching people getting clobbered with mops, or Stitch making messes and starting fires at the open-air beach resort where Nani works — the funny’s diminished in live-action.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
Noun
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Maul was eventually captured, but Ahsoka released him to cause a diversion during the chaos of Order 66. — As seen on The Clone Wars.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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Now that the chaos and media frenzy have settled, Harrelson visits the area − known as George Floyd Square − several times a week.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Plus, the bars are shaped like an ‘S’ and a ‘C’, so there’s no confusion as to which is which.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 May 2025
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According to him, people who engage in financial education come from a place of need, such as growing a family, facing credit denial, having confusion about financial systems, or starting over after immigration or other major life events.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The gene mutations linked to sporadic hemiplegic mutation occur spontaneously in the person with the disorder.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
26 May 2025
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On Saturday, Brinkley – who was married to Joel from 1985 to 1994 – took to social media to share her support and offer words of encouragement as Joel prepares to battle normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH), a rare disorder which affects his vision, hearing and balance.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
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“Snake pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snake%20pit. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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