cobra
Example Sentences
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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
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
I saw how his shoulders would predictably tense and curl inward like the hood on a cobra whenever anyone got to that point of having talked too much.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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