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How to use cobra in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Cobra means any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra. Example: “He was lethally poisoned by the cobra and died a day later of it.”

More sentences with cobra

  • He was lethally poisoned by the cobra and died a day later of it.From the entry lethally
  • Springing like a self-styled cobra, the tiny larva will strike from time to time.2012, Richard Faulk, Gross America: Your Coast-to-Coast Guide to All Things Gross (ebook), Penguin Publishing Group, page 145. From the entry dismalite
  • Little animals from over in India, day kill da snakes, da cobras dere.2005, Michael A. Herr, The Kaua'i Obake Bar: A Primo's Talk Story Book, PublishAmerica, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 117. From the entry mongeese
  • The consistent result is that the church is fatally bitten by the "cobra effect".2002, Leslie H. Brickman, “Prepare the Next Step”, in Preparing the 21st Century Church, [Maitland, Fla.?]: Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 326. From the entry cobra effect
  • He didn't want to let her out of his sight ever again, even to go outside and feed cobra chickens.2023, H. S. Torben, Flying Fluke, unnumbered page. From the entry cobra chicken
  • But I can't tell you how many lawyers approached the ELMO as if they were approaching a cobra!2015 September 8, Robert Hilson, John Facciola, “Judge Facciola: I'm not in the business of supporting an industry”, in Logikcull, Logik. From the entry elmo
  • Cobras had nothing to fear from men; their most deadly enemy was the kabaragoya, of which two called our campus home.2009, H. Ronken Lynton, Veiled Destinies, page 52. From the entry kabaragoya
  • Gods and goddesses also wore deshrets, but without the cobra.2007, Michael Cox, “King Tutankhamun – ruler of every subject under the sun!”, in Tutankhamun and His Tombful of Treasure (Horribly…. From the entry deshret
  • The capsule is full of a poisonous fluid, the hypnotoxin which contains proteins and about 75% as virulent as cobra venom.2005, Dev Raj Khanna, P. R. Yadav, Biology of Coelenterata, page 203. From the entry hypnotoxin
  • A big black cobra with its fangful of venom.1986, Bhabani Bhattacharya, A Goddess Named Gold, page 21. From the entry fangful
  • India has a healthy share of poisonous snakes, including kraits, cobras, and two species of vipers, yet Hindu traditions are overwhelmingly snake-friendly.2011, Lisa Kemmerer, Animals and World Religions, page 71. From the entry krait
  • The Two Ladies name (nebty) identifies the king with the vulture goddess Nekhbet and the cobra goddess Wadjet, representing Upper and Lower Egypt respectively.1989, Daphna Ben-Tor, The scarab: a reflection of ancient Egypt, page 15. From the entry Two Ladies name
  • Now I had the cobra frugging.1969, Allen V. Ross, Vice in Bombay, London: Tallis Press, page 53. From the entry frug
  • Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra.1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122. From the entry rathole
  • But as much as I wanted to let her chase down the cobra chicken like it was hunting season, this was the middle of the summer.2020 December, Randy King, “What's Good For The Goose”, in Northwest Sportsman, volume 13, number 3, page 143. From the entry cobra chicken
  • A glittering gorgerine—a necklace of layered disks— hung around her neck while, from a circlet of gold around Alicia's head, a rearing cobra stared back at her.2016, Tracy Hickman, Laura Hickman, Unhonored: Book Two of The Nightbirds, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry gorgerine
  • The Two Ladies painted on a coffin: On the left Nekhbet as a vulture wearing the White Crown; on the right Wadjyt as a cobra wearing the Red Crown.1999, Geraldine Harris, Delia Pemberton, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. From the entry Two Ladies
  • In front is an inlaid cobra, the Royal uræus, and around the band are attached 15 rosettes, each composed of four flowers and four leaves of openwork inlaid.20 May 1914, The Times, col. A, page 7. From the entry uraeus

Meaning of cobra

  1. noun Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
  2. noun A ring-necked spitting cobra or rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus).
  3. noun A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).

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Questions about cobra in a sentence

How do you use cobra in a sentence?
Cobra is used as a noun. For example: “He was lethally poisoned by the cobra and died a day later of it.”
What is a short sentence with cobra?
“Now I had the cobra frugging.”
What does cobra mean?
Cobra means any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.

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