serpent

Example Sentences

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How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless audience.

From Los Angeles Times

I turn to see what she sees—a serpent the size of a dinosaur.

From Literature

Think animal jewelry — bridles, straps and other harness parts adorned with eagle heads, rosettes, griffins, busts of Herakles, serpents and lions, often shaped from gold.

From Los Angeles Times

And as their fervor grows, so too does his confidence, an ouroboros of mutual reinforcement, a serpent devouring its own tail.

From Salon

They insert their toes in things like serpents' tails which present to view the shape of scorpions...

From BBC