A serpentine stream of it soaring from the jar's mouth to the sky until it coalesced in the shape of a man standing naked with his feet on the ground and his head in the heavens, a ginny.
The political ups and downs that followed are serpentine and would require a retelling of the history of modern-day Pakistan, which is, frankly, beyond the scope of this podcast.
Voldemort stood up. Harry could see him now, see the red eyes, the flattened, serpentine face, the pallor of him gleaming slightly in the semidarkness.
The dark stone is flecked with white, snake-like streaks, which gives it its name, serpentine and when you look more closely, you can see the face has been pierced, and has been ritually scarred.
The increasing commotion made him break off; presently it came to a serpentine head on the promenade and a group, presently a crowd, of people sprung from hidden siestas, lined the curbstone.