serpent

Example Sentences

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What the pair found was a desert highway that rolls up and down, like an asphalt serpent, with deadly blind peaks and treacherous hidden troughs.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

"I don’t know this snake, this snake don’t know me," she declared, then screamed as someone tried to remove the serpent from her body.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

“I’m not playing,” she says, laughing, showing off a gold ring with a serpent design.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2024

If the former, you need antivenom, but good luck telling from the mere glimpse of a tail you got as the serpent slithered into the underbrush.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2024

We went from playing Super Smash Bros. and ordering pizza to meeting my dead grandmother, being chased by a River God, fighting trolls, coming face-to-face with Bulgu, destroying a building, and slaying a sea serpent.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer