How to Use boa in a Sentence

boa

noun

• This rainbow boa hadn't touched another snake in years.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
• The human operator activated the kill switch since either the boa could break or the robot arm could break the tubes, possibly injuring the cat.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
• John, the guy who put the boa and tiara on the roof cow?
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 25 June 2019
• A tutu and a tiara, and a (feathered) boa and a lot of pink.
  — Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2017
• Then the boa unhinges its jaw and swallows the prey whole.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022
• The boa passed the ball run system and collided with one of the pipes.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 May 2024
• Through its thick coils, a boa can sense the tiny heartbeats of its prey.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2012
• The singer showed off his moves while in a flashy head-to-toe leather look -- sans shirt -- and a green boa.
  — Anna Chan, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2021
• That’s the case for some of the Asian Vipers or American rattlesnakes, or pythons and boas.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
• Gaga let the money boa be the star of her ’fit but styled it to perfection.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2021
• In captivity, the boas can live up to 20 to 30 years and get about two to three feet long.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• At one point, one of the dancers runway-style walked down the platform with a boa made of dollars bills.
  — Kendra Parks, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
• Ryan Seacrest decided to do Halloween as the man of the moment, pink boa and all.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2022
• But even better than the light shimmer of her dress (that matches her hair) is the fluffy pale boa.
  — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, 5 Mar. 2018
• Do her proud with the palette's middle-left shade, add a boa on Halloween, and you're set.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 5 Oct. 2018
• Will any members of the San Diego Symphony get in the spirit of the night by wearing boas?
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
• The purists’ preferred, unlined collar is soft like a tiny boa.
  — Melvin Backman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• La Catrina, who dons a large hat and flouncy boa, is the queen of the underworld.
  — Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 2 July 2019
• Normally, Booth told me, when boas are pregnant, they kind of bask in the hotter end of their tanks.
  — Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 12 June 2024
• Bad Bunny wore a white boa made of fabric roses that must have been 30 feet long.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
• The Game of Thrones alum looked elegant in a head-to-toe all-black look composed of a little black dress with a boa-trim hem.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2022
• Atop the piano is sprawled an older woman in a feather boa.
  — Leah Beckmann, The Cut, 21 June 2018
• This wasn't the only boa appearance from Styles on music's biggest night of the year.
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2021
• In his previous home, the boa was abused and malnourished, per The Daily Beast.
  — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022
• The boa is now living with a responsible reptile owner who will care for him for the rest of the snake's life.
  — Carly Breit, Country Living, 11 Aug. 2017
• Well, buy us a boa and drive us to Reno, because this is some excellent casting news.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 29 June 2021
• Fans clad in boas, bangles and bowlers were everywhere.
  — Stephen Magagnini, sacbee.com, 28 May 2017
• Hynes added an electrifying solo as Styles stripped off the boa and showed off his dance moves.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021
• Officers carried the couch outside and tipped it and were able to safely remove the boa.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 8 Dec. 2021
• Pair them with a top hat for a steampunk party or a boa for when Elton inevitably goes on tour again.
  — Adam Morganstern, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024