snake

Example Sentences

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The flip side is that it’s hard to determine which products and services are likely to pay off medically versus the snake oil.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

These advertisements depicted the devil as a snake or alluded to him and his role in the Book of Genesis.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Her prose has an apt amount of literary embellishment: Jaguars are “light-footed dancers” and a snake bulges “like Saint-Exupéry’s hat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

A rattlesnake nipped a woman on the ankle during a hike in Ventura County, marking the seventh reported snake bite in the county this year, officials say.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

But a snake hunt wouldn’t have been my first choice.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck