How to Use venomous in a Sentence

venomous

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• The cobra is a venomous snake.
• There’s a big ol’ tank of venomous snakes that pays off big-time.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
• Are there poisonous plants or venomous snakes in the area?
  — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• Sheehy said that both the diminutive snake and the centipede are venomous.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
• The non-venomous snake was removed from the plane by airport staff after the flight landed in Newark.
  — CBS News, 19 Oct. 2022
• Carpet pythons are not venomous but do possess a nasty bite thanks to dozens of teeth.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• Of those, two-thirds are venomous and a handful are deadly.
  — Natasha Frost David Maurice Smith, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Some species of venomous sea snakes lost their ability to see in color when the moved from the land to the ocean about 110 million years ago.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 July 2023
• The spider is venomous, however, most of the time the fangs aren’t big enough to puncture human skin.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Mar. 2022
• South Florida is home to 47 species of snakes, but only four of those are venomous.
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
• They can get mixed up for the cottonmouth snake, which also hangs out near the water and is venomous.
  — Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2022
• Officers also found a 3-year-old girl in a high chair near a venomous snake inside the home.
  — CBS News, 27 Mar. 2023
• There are over 50 species of scorpions in Arizona and all are venomous.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2022
• But ball pythons are not venomous, and were named for their tendency to curl up when threatened.
  — Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
• The blue-ringed octopus is considered one of the most venomous marine creatures in the world.
  — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• The new species is venomous, but only one snake bite has been attributed to it, researchers said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024
• Here's how to protect yourself from venomous snakebites.
  — Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
• Adult ghost sharks have venomous spines in front of their dorsal fins and can whip through the water by flapping their pectoral fins.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
• The famous monkey wrencher saved a special venomous wrath for the kind of tourist who drove from one viewpoint to the next only to snap a photo and move on.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022
• Of course, many Scorpios like to get the venomous arachnid to represent their water sign.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 2 Feb. 2022
• The trailer shows the group has upped their game with huge explosions, venomous snakes, slaps, punches, bulls, treadmills and pranks.
  — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022
• After all, the striking insects aren't venomous, and don't even bite humans or pets.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 26 Aug. 2022
• So many mortal threats lurked on the periphery of the lone man’s life—venomous snakes, stealthy jaguars, electric eels writhing in the bottoms of shallow ponds.
  — Monte Reel, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2022
• All spiders are venomous, but not all are harmful to humans.
  — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022
• Baby rattlesnakes are not more venomous than adult snakes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
• On a beach vacation, a venomous sea slug probably isn’t high on your must-see list.
  — Megan Marples, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022
• While certainly startling to any homeowner, the snake was a non-venomous gray rat snake.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 19 Sep. 2022
• Pythons, while not venomous, have hundreds of teeth that are razor sharp, according to Siewe.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 6 Aug. 2022
• Even though boomslangs are the most venomous snake in the country, cobras and mambas have faster-acting venom.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2021
• Once its venomous spines are removed, the fish has a delicate, flaky, and buttery texture.
  — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 21 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024