cobra

Example Sentences

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Carse produced a lifter to Usman Khawaja so venomous it could have been a spitting cobra.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

A cobra bites Chelsea and she’s whisked away to a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

A drug commonly prescribed to thin blood can be repurposed as a cheap antidote to cobra venom, a team of scientists based in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the UK has discovered.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

When she and Dr. Tessler analyzed the leech’s movement, they identified that it made a curling motion similar to the move a cobra makes before it strikes.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

When it was all put together and painted, with a cardboard vulture’s head and cobra glued to the front, it looked so impressive they could hardly believe they’d made it themselves.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder