How to Use serpent in a Sentence

serpent

noun

• The serpent is thought by most to be about to swallow an egg.
  — cleveland.com, 25 May 2017
• Dark-orange lines, like heavy serpents, stripe the sands, gray rivers stripe the sands.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
• Were a lot of serpents biting people in those days.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
• Eve tries to correct the serpent, and in doing so, falls for his trap.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2018
• Ram’s head or serpent still digesting its last meal?
  — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
• So, for now, all fans have is this strange, slithering serpent.
  — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 21 Aug. 2017
• The ship had an unusual carving of a serpent's head in the bow.
  — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2018
• The ship had an unusual carving of a serpent’s head in the bow.
  — John Seewer, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• Keep an eye out for the huge serpent sculpture near Southshore Park.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 16 Feb. 2023
• What are the smallest sized cosmic serpents that will be required for these?
  — Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
• All the while, a serpent lurked, in this family and beyond it.
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
• Some say eating the serpent-like eel is good luck, warding off the devil in the new year.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 16 Dec. 2021
• The serpent detailing on the clutch also matched her bracelets.
  — Chrissy Rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Jan. 2013
• But the snakey Time Warp showed more footwork than any serpent could dream of pulling off.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
• Think instead of the serpent’s sunnier side—as rings, bracelets, and necklaces.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
• Did the serpent not bet Adam that Eve would enjoy the apple?
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
• The dragons of the Cold War were slain, and new serpents followed.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 30 Dec. 2024
• The police report did not state who took possession of the serpent.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• In both scenes, a serpent is present — dominant in the left panel, subdued in the right.
  — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
• The Lord’s answer is the serpent, the snowy skin and the muddy Nile as blood.
  — Jeremy England, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2020
• Titanoboa wasn't the only primeval serpent that once wriggled its way across the planet.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
• Second, your best bet for survival when charged by a marine serpent is to resist the urges of flight or fight.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
• And then, like with a chain email, Eve shares the serpent's news with Adam, who turns out to be just as gullible.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• As the evening reached a raucous apex, a few of the revelers rode atop the giant serpent, which has yet to be named.
  — The Masked Observer, al, 18 Feb. 2022
• The shape undulated like a serpent in slow motion, a ghost in the heavens.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 29 July 2021
• These small-ish snakes are the most common serpents seen in urban and suburban areas of the state.
  — Beau Evans, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
• The SiS board's motif is a serpent biting or resting its head on its tail.
  — Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
• When God rebuked them, Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent.
  — wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Before long, however, a serpent tempts Eve and Adam to do just that.
  — Samuel L. Boyd, The Conversation, 20 June 2023
• The guests of the White Lotus Ko Samui don’t just have serpents on the brain.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025