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

In their first adventure, which hit bookshelves in 2017, a deadly king cobra has escaped from London Zoo onto the streets of the capital, and it is up to Toto to save the day.

From BBC • Oct. 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

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

Maybe there was a live cobra in the box too.

From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis