bitten

Example Sentences

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“The administration seems to have bitten off more than it could chew.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

About 8,000 people are bitten by venomous snakes annually, and only around five of the people who are bitten typically die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

A rattlesnake has bitten another hiker in Southern California, sending them to the hospital after being carried off the trail by firefighters over the weekend, according to Santa Barbara County officials.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"Some of these dogs shouldn't be going home… that terrifies me, that they're going to be coming back in. And dogs have gone home that have bitten and come back," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

She twirled and dangled the little web of sinew and the tobacco ties and bitten birchbark pretties that Grandma tied onto the head guard of the tikinagun.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich