cobra

Example Sentences

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Gabriella Comi and her guide David spotted a cobra moving towards two napping lions in the Serengeti National Park in the scorching midday sun.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

Throw in a pitch spitting like a cobra from a length at one end, Jasprit Bumrah bowling missiles and turn for Ravindra Jadeja, and England were second favourites.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 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

He collapsed down to the ground, and wound his body upward like a cobra.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia