cobra

Example Sentences

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Sometimes the pitch is flat as a pancake, other times it spits like a cobra.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

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

This drama will not end well: “Watch Your Step” has a coiled energy, a cobra poised to strike.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 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 makes it sound like the hood of a cobra fluttering . . . I don't know . . . I don't know . . ." "We'll have to watch him now," I said.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison