cobra

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

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

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

But Gilly was fascinated, like the guys in the movies watching the approach of a cobra.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson