How to Use fang in a Sentence
fang
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Come for the fangs, stay for the swoons.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
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Her lips were forced back by a cram of crooked fangs.
—Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
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Kate, the gray with scars made by wolf fangs, has game eyes.
—Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
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The actor responds with a grin that shows off his fangs.
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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Her fangs protrude, her nails lengthen.
—Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
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The team’s fangs are always a bit sharper when Bacha is on the pitch.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 21 May 2026
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The spiders can grow to be the size of a hand, but their fangs are too small to break human skin.
—Eva Flowe june 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
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The monkey’s fangs punctured the boy's lungs and other parts of his body.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
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The age of Maul has fangs, and the dark side of the Force is tempting.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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All that the military can do is kind of pull the fangs out of the regime’s ability to repress people.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
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For example, vipers use their fangs to inject venom into their target.
—Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
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And Bo Nix will get shrugs as nothing more than a valet for a legendary coach and fangs-bearing defense.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Dec. 2025
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The backstory flashbacks about an abusive father that suggest not all monsters have fangs?
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
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Spiders have venom to subdue prey, but the majority have fangs that are too tiny to puncture human skin.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
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Sophia's piercings came a few weeks after Abraham let her daughter get permanent fangs installed.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Each shoe also comes with a lace charm of a snake with prominent fangs in bronze-tone medal, and unique snake graphics appear on the inner-tongue tag and insole.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Not surprisingly, the fangs evolved to be smooth, so they can be removed from prey easily after puncture and injection.
—Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
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Of the thirty-six snakes tested for striking speed at VenomWorld in Paris, only the blunt-nosed viper lost a fang.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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While fangs and stakes aren’t my forte, a gathering of friends and strangers acting goofy and reminiscing over childhood and teen memories sounded cool.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
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Working inches from venomous fangs, Jake Molieri knows that placing a muzzle on a rattlesnake leaves little room for error.
—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2026
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Most venomous snakes deliver their venom through hollow fangs that typically inject it into the tissue just under the skin.
—Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 14 Jan. 2026
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Since the length of the fangs and the amount of venom injected depends on the size of the snake (an adult timber rattler may have fangs half an inch long), the copperhead’s bite is less deep and severe.
—Dr. C. E. Kuschel, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
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The only risk taken here was asking Sony — plus any surviving members of the original cast — to poke fun at themselves, which only goes so far when the film has no fangs.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
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Join the hilarious hunt this Halloween season, where the only thing sharper than Dracula’s fangs are the gags that’ll leave you in stitches.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2026
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The creative solution quickly went viral for its red LED eyes and menacing fangs—as well as its admittedly odd, furry pipe frame.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
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The Missouri Department of Conservation’s guide to the state’s snakes states that venomous snakes have fangs not found in their nonvenomous counterparts.
—Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
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Sinners’ very own vampire Jack O'Connell went in character with dark sunglasses and prosthetic fangs on the red carpet, perhaps still in character as his role as villainous Remmick.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 17 Mar. 2026
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The lethal rogue otherwise struts through the latest chapter in Anne Rice's Immortal Universe as a rock & roll god in the vein of Ziggy Stardust–meets–Jim Morrison… with fangs.
—Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
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The offensive had weapons and the defense boasted two fang-bearing edge rushers and a No Fly Zone secondary that humbled All-Pros, MVPs and journeymen without remorse.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
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See-through specters haunt the backstage area of the Muppet theater, a Muppet News report warns of man-eating furniture, and Kermit turns the tables on Price during a long talk about acting by sprouting fangs and biting the horror icon’s neck.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 June 2026
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