How to Use serpent in a Sentence

serpent

noun

• The Lord’s answer is the serpent, the snowy skin and the muddy Nile as blood.
  — Jeremy England, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2020
• When God rebuked them, Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent.
  — wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Keep an eye out for the huge serpent sculpture near Southshore Park.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 16 Feb. 2023
• But the snakey Time Warp showed more footwork than any serpent could dream of pulling off.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
• Death is something very present in the culture—think of the flag, the serpent and the eagle, the native peoples...
  — Ramón Barreto, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2023
• The paintings, the stark beauty of the area and the Kumeyaay myth of the serpent of knowledge helped Mogt complete his mission.
  — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 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
• All the while, a serpent lurked, in this family and beyond it.
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
• 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
• Think instead of the serpent’s sunnier side—as rings, bracelets, and necklaces.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
• The blood of a basilisk, a black tick taken from the left ear of a cat, a stone bitten by a mad dog, the right eye of a live serpent—such are some of the charms or medicines.
  — Robert Shackleton, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• The ritual, known as the Sarpamedha Yagna has been organised to rid the earth of serpents.
  — Girish Shahane, Quartz India, 30 Aug. 2019
• The police report did not state who took possession of the serpent.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• The shape undulated like a serpent in slow motion, a ghost in the heavens.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 29 July 2021
• 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
• Passion fueled much of serpent's lyrics, but so did losing love and the mere threat of it, and the tone of the music responded in kind.
  — Hilary Hughes, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2021
• Self-consumption like the ouroboros, the world-circling serpent of ancient Egypt.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2021
• Most of the bathrooms even feature a glass art depiction of the Bulgari serpent in the style of French master Rene Lalique.
  — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2021
• Titanoboa wasn't the only primeval serpent that once wriggled its way across the planet.
  — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
• In it, Nas is seduced by a serpent and brought in front of a tribunal for judgment, where he is killed by a flying butt plug.
  — New York Times, 7 July 2021
• Satan, in the form of a serpent, convinces the ancestral humans to defy God's decree to not eat the fruit of a tree.
  — Lauren Green, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2022
• The androids’ settlement lies next to the coiled skeleton of a giant serpent.
  — Lydia Kiesling, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2020
• The unique gold band looked like a serpent, glittering with emeralds and rubies.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• The serpent, along with imagery of tarantulas and a black cat, suggest a peace disturbed.
  — Kat Moon, Time, 5 June 2020
• The Snake necklace, commissioned in 1968, is no mere serpent.
  — Kristen Shirley, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
• Throughout the Bible and even in Western culture, snakes and serpents are symbolic of evil or the devil.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 2 Sep. 2023
• Most snakes in books and movies are portrayed as villains, but at least one serpent rises to the level of pop culture hero.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• After biting their prey, the serpents often hold it in their mouth until the venom has done its job.
  — National Geographic, 22 July 2019
• Danny wore a black sweater over a dark blue collared shirt, along with matching black pants, black shoes and a black hat with an image of a serpent.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022
• From the air, the narrow strips of fertile land on either bank look like an emerald-green serpent winding its way across a thirsty land.
  — Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024