| Spotting a snake in the grass is never simple, but it's easier to do, it seems, if you're petrified of serpents. |
| The serpent swam toward shore, and the smaller serpents followed close behind. |
| There were serpents, spiders, box kites, ungainly human-shaped kites wobbling in the wind, to name just a few. |
| Between the plaques the dish is covered with finely cast strapwork, birds, masks, serpents, fruit, flowers and winged horses. |
| The serpents intertwined, gyring, intertwining and weaved around one another, racing towards her. |
| Elsewhere, various and sundry monsters, sea serpents, dragons and bare-breasted enchantresses were dealt with methodically. |
