cobra

Example Sentences

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Videos shared on social media show a snake handler removing a snake from her apartment, as people nearby can be heard screaming: "It is a cobra!"

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

But the former truck mechanic said that he had "completely screwed up" early on when two cobra bites in quick succession left him in a coma.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

A cobra bites Chelsea and she’s whisked away to a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 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

Eye moved his head from side to side, a motion that always reminded Arm of an alert cobra.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer