cobra

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He was at boarding school when he stepped on a cobra in the playground.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Sometimes the pitch is flat as a pancake, other times it spits like a cobra.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2025

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

One of them slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well looking for all the old water and the old time gathered there.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury