viper

Example Sentences

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The news network sounds like a pit of vipers.

From Washington Post

Gaboon vipers have the longest fangs of any venomous snake, and their bite can be fatal, according to the Smithsonian National Zoo.

From Washington Times

This also means she gets many of the best exchanges dripping with the type of polite poison that only vipers of a certain vintage can spray.

From Salon

The saw-scaled viper was discovered in a container of bricks, which had been delivered to Manchester Brick Specialist last month.

From BBC

In the original myth, Orpheus returns from his expedition with the Argonauts and marries the fair Eurydice, who — of course — dies soon after from a viper bite and descends to the underworld.

From Washington Post