How to Use cobra in a Sentence

cobra

noun

• The cobra struggled to get rid of the small snake, to no avail.
  — Heather Brady, National Geographic, 20 Sep. 2017
• The wrangler seemed to catch the cobra but the snake managed to get away.
  — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 12 June 2018
• The Fish and Wildlife Service are in custody of the cobras and the geckos.
  — Reeves Decuir, Fox News, 12 July 2017
• This isn't the first time a cobra has gotten loose in Texas.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 10 Aug. 2021
• The tip of the headdress is shaped like a cobra, a feature known as a uraeus.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
• If your low back is too tight, open the legs as wide as the mat and perform cobra.
  — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 17 Jan. 2021
• A stuffed cobra and an African drum are just some of the items in Dallof’s collection.
  — Elizabeth Campbell, star-telegram.com, 4 June 2017
• Trump, of course, is a fool to embrace Putin, whose instincts are those of a cobra.
  — Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register, 18 June 2017
• This is a group of snakes that include cobras and mambas.
  — Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 25 Apr. 2023
• Once the plane was clear of all passengers, a snake handler arrived to take care of the cobra.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• Their name comes from their leaves, which resemble a cobra that’s ready to strike.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
• The key is to focus on keeping your head and chest up, like a cobra, while swimming those laps.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2020
• In seasons one through three, alliances shifted with the speed of, well, a cobra on the attack.
  — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• The Denver Zoo’s king cobra has been having a tough couple of months.
  — Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 8 May 2017
• The cobra didn’t reappear on that flight and the plane has now been completely stripped, but still no sign of the snake, Erasmus said.
  — Gerald Imray, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The cobra didn't reappear on that flight and the plane has now been completely stripped, but still no sign of the snake, Erasmus said.
  — Gerald Imray, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
• Sea snakes produce venom that is about 10 times more potent than that of the cobra.
  — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
• However, 8-year-old Malkolm Williamson’s favorite snake, the king cobra, didn’t make the cast list.
  — Anne Marie Hunter, kansascity, 30 June 2017
• The snake is a young Egyptian cobra, coiled into a tight bundle.
  — Charlotte Hartley, Science | AAAS, 20 Aug. 2020
• Until a dangdut singer died of a snake bite in 2016, many used cobras as props too.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
• The boomslang, less well known than the cobra or rattlesnake, has large eyes and lives in sub-Saharan Africa.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 May 2018
• King cobras are the world's largest venomous snakes, growing up to nearly 19 feet.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 12 July 2017
• The way the Premier's shift lever snakes up from behind the heater controls, like a cobra in a crosswind, is pretty weird.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
• The first is the Z-fold, where the frontmost panel stays parallel to the ground, coming up like a cobra rising to strike.
  — Alex Davies, WIRED, 9 May 2018
• The column shifter contorts like a cobra from behind the heater controls.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
• All cobras are venomous, and the amount of neurotoxin in one of their bites is enough to kill 20 people.
  — National Geographic, 30 Aug. 2017
• Officials aren't sure if the cobra had escaped from that unit.
  — chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2019
• An Indian man stood still for seven hours as a snake charmer freed a cobra from his pants.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
• Megan Thee Stallion is coiling herself around her haters like a cobra, sinking her fangs in and devouring them.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
• The defensive ability to spit venom at adversaries evolved three times within the cobra family tree.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Aug 2024