cobra
Example Sentences
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Carse produced a lifter to Usman Khawaja so venomous it could have been a spitting cobra.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 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
Throw in a pitch spitting like a cobra from a length at one end, Jasprit Bumrah bowling missiles and turn for Ravindra Jadeja, and England were second favourites.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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
Claire sat up straight, making Maya think of a cobra rising up to strike.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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