How to Use constrictor in a Sentence

constrictor

noun

• How about python jerky, a plate of constrictor and grits for breakfast or maybe a nice Christmas cookie whipped up with snake-yolk dough?
  — orlandosentinel.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• Pythons are constrictors, known to grip prey in their jaws, coil around it, then squeeze until the victim capitulates.
  — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025
• Responding to a call, an officer found a boa constrictor under a tree in a courtyard.
  — Washington Post, 13 June 2017
• Yet another invasive constrictor — the ball python — is starting to spread, too.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
• Flickr/jinterwasWe all know that constrictor snakes, like pythons and boa constrictors, kill by squeezing their prey.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2015
• That includes possession of any constrictor snake that is capable of growing to a size of 3 feet or larger.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
• As successes ebb and flow and alliances strain and stretch, Mechling zooms in on the constrictor knot of adult female friendships.
  — Vogue, 31 May 2019
• The function of this ACE2 is to break down angiotensin 2, a vasal constrictor.
  — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 9 July 2020
• Birds and mammals need a lot of oxygen to fuel their burning metabolisms, and a constrictor should be able to kill them in just a few minutes.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2012
• The large nonvenomous constrictor captures its prey by ambushing it before coiling around it.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2024
• Large constrictor snakes have not existed in North America for millions of years.
  — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• The non-venomous constrictors mainly prey upon pocket gophers.
  — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Police said the younger man kept 11 non-venomous constrictor snakes and a gecko in his apartment, in terrariums and drawers.
  — Fox News, 5 July 2021
• The Burmese python is a large nonvenomous constrictor that is an invasive species in Florida.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
• The nonvenomous 17-foot constrictor then tried to wrap herself around the sweating Kirkland, who slipped through coil after coil.
  — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
• Boa constrictors, which are native to South and Central America, are now common on the west side of the island.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
• The snake was identified as a carpet python, a non-venomous constrictor commonly found in Australia’s coastal regions.
  — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
• Native bird, rabbit, raccoon and deer populations have been decimated, and even gators have fallen prey to the constrictors.
  — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024
• The animals typically feed on fruits, seeds, nuts and invertebrates, the zoo added, and their main predators are large birds of prey, jaguars, ocelots and large constrictor snakes.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
• That's because these reptiles can kill and devour other snakes up to 20 percent larger in size—including other constrictors, such as rat snakes.
  — David Penning, National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2017
• If this animal sounds like a Burmese python, that’s because the serpent-like fish — known as Asian swamp eels — have a lot in common with the big, invasive constrictors.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026
• It is assumed that these pythons, like other large constrictors, do not differentiate between prey types once a target has been subdued, leading to such rare attacks on humans.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
• One of several constrictors known to exist in the ‘glades, the python has decimated native species including rabbits, raccoons, opossums, and birds.
  — Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
• With its rib constrictor and a removable bladder (filled with water), the vest simulates the physical discomfort of pregnancy.
  — Mike Austin, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2023
• Compared with previous measurements of other snakes, such as pythons, the data so far suggests king snakes are, pound for pound, the strongest constrictors in the world, Penning says.
  — David Penning, National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2017
• Triptan, a class of vessel constrictors created to abort and lessen the effects of (not prevent) attacks at their onset was released in 1991.
  — Katy Schneider, The Cut, 22 May 2018
• One of the largest snakes in the world, the Burmese python is a nonvenomous constrictor found primarily in and around the Everglades ecosystem in south Florida.
  — Lauren Ferrer, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2024
• Eventually, Bekim leaves his father’s home and lives a largely isolated existence, punctuated by his purchase of a boa constrictor.
  — Gabrielle Bellot, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2017
• Burmese pythons, giant constrictors native to Asia, became a nuisance in Florida after 1992.
  — CBS News, 17 May 2017
• For instance, the state of Florida has already banned the importation of Burmese python, and a few other giant constrictors, and they are no longer allowed to be kept as pets or bred for commercial sale.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024