serpent
Example Sentences
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Plan Kukulkan, named after the serpent deity of the Mayan civilization, covers the host cities as well as nearby tourist destinations.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 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
“It definitely looks fanciful; it evokes the sea serpent mythology.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 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
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Vocabulary lists containing serpent
Christopher Columbus' Diary: The First Voyage
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Unit 5, Week 4
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Spelling Practice 2, Unit 8
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