cobra

Example Sentences

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"You all knew Chuck Norris as the man that counted to infinity twice, the man who got bit by a cobra and the cobra died," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

He was at boarding school when he stepped on a cobra in the playground.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

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

“A wife,” Mother said, staring at Nelson in the kitchen house exactly as I had seen her stare at the cobra that once turned up in there.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver