How to Use water snake in a Sentence

water snake

noun

• The team spotted native brown water snakes and a large gator.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• The president may not catch enough water snakes to patrol the border.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
• On a water snake, there’s no mask, just little vertical stripes below the eye.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
• Lofty pine trees shade the sun; pools of standing black water snake a path to an expansive freshwater lake.
  — Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2023
• But other predators stalk vernal pools, such as water snakes, which Grant has seen snacking on wood frog eggs.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 20 Mar. 2019
• The snakes are believed to be northern water snakes and likely came from wetlands behind the hotel.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2023
• At this point in history, the dragon seems to have been little more than an enormous and fearsome water snake.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
• For one thing, rattlesnakes have different fat profiles than Chinese water snakes.
  — Jordan Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
• Water snakes, like the harmless diamondback water snake, hang out near creeks and other bodies of water to snack on frogs and fish.
  — Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2022
• Species that tested positive for the disease included the northern water snake, racer, milk snake and queen snake.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2018
• In Greek legend, the Hydra is a gigantic water snake with nine heads, only one of which is immortal.
  — Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2020
• Fortunately for those who would rather not encounter a tangle of lusty reptiles during their morning jog, water snake dalliances are fleeting.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
• The fountain, built in 1888, has several nymphs, plus four key water elements, a water snake, sea horse, swan and reptile.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Florida water snakes are a native species whose habitats include aquatic environments.
  — Amir Vera, CNN, 15 Feb. 2020
• At first, the friends thought the snake was a non-venomous water snake, but realized later, once the snake had swam closer, that the reptile was a venomous diamondback rattlesnake.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
• My friend the artist and naturalist George Sanford McGee, who came with us, spotted a gorgeous brown water snake napping on one knee.
  — John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
• Scientists are studying how the goby might give back to the food web; the fish are credited with reviving the Lake Erie water snake population.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021
• His fluid motion — pulling the mesh nets from the water, swapping the old bait for a fresh chunk of porgy — was interrupted only by the occasional water snake on top of a trap or a turtle inside one.
  — Rick Rojas Emily Kask, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Copperheads are often mistaken for juvenile cottonmouths, or water moccasins, or for common water snakes.
  — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• According to Live Science, water snake males, which initiate the pursuit, typically mate with just one female per season.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
• While many of the snakes were said to be non‑venomous water snake and rat snakes, some were cobras, which are considered highly venomous, reported the Xiaoxiang Daily.
  — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
• According to the Observer, the snake was identified as a nonvenomous brown water snake by the North Carolina Zoo.
  — Fox News, 7 June 2019
• Team representative Ruth Pintner has since told the Charlotte Observer in an email that the snake was not a copperhead but a non-venomous water snake.
  — Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
• The good-guy snakes include but aren’t limited to the eastern hognose snake, Texas brown snake, Texas rat snake, rough green snake, garter snake, milk snake, bullsnake, kingsnake, indigo snake, black racer, water snake, blind snake and coachwhip.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 8 June 2020
• The Florida water snake, or Nerodia fasciata pictiventris, is one of three southern water snake subspecies and indigenous to the Sunshine State.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
• As Stacy Liberatore reports for the Daily Mail, quincunx patterns seen on the objects represent the axis mundi, while the head of a water snake references the underworld.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2021
• The German Football Association told PEOPLE that the snake Kimmich spotted near a creek ended up being a non-venomous water snake.
  — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026