asp

Example Sentences

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The asps — not snakes, she quickly corrects — are allegedly defanged and thus safe for her latest showcase.

From Salon

Did she die by clasping an asp to her cleavage?

From Salon

Sourdi’s family shield carried the sign of the asp, a venomous snake, which in Latin is “anguis.”

From Washington Post

Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, poisoned herself with an asp, according to popular belief.

From The Guardian

Both of those things are true, but neither is anywhere close to sufficient — and when it comes to Coulter, O people of the leftward spectrum, remember this piece of ancient wisdom: Don’t kiss the asp.

From Salon