venom

Example Sentences

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Chelicerates rely on grasping appendages, often associated with venom delivery.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Rattlesnakes would rather save their venom to subdue their prey, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The woman who was bitten, later identified as 46-year-old Gabriela Bautista of Moorpark, died March 19 as a result of rattlesnake venom toxicity, the Ventura County medical examiner’s office told KTLA.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

We are always more afraid of something if it sounds like an artificial concoction rather than a natural product, even though asp venom and great white sharks are perfectly natural.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

“I already told you that. I used elder python venom, straight from the depths'of Tartarus.”

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan