adder

Example Sentences

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But if something goes wrong using the so-called adder strategy, the cell takes longer to get back to its original size.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

To investigate, Ms. Folwell set about dissecting the tail of a female death adder.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

A woman whose dog was bitten by an adder has said she would not take her dogs near long grass.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022

A debut novel as slender and deadly as an adder, “Assembly” follows a young Black British woman preparing to attend a party at her boyfriend’s family estate.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2021

Glenn had stuck the puff adder in the drawer and sawed the plank to be Tansy’s hero?

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck