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
• The serpent is thought by most to be about to swallow an egg.
  — cleveland.com, 25 May 2017
• Now that the snake's out of the cage, J.K. is spilling the tea leaves on how Nagini got to be a serpent in the first place.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 25 Sep. 2018
• And then, like with a chain email, Eve shares the serpent's news with Adam, who turns out to be just as gullible.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• When God rebuked them, Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent.
  — wsj.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• Eve tries to correct the serpent, and in doing so, falls for his trap.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2018
• Keep an eye out for the huge serpent sculpture near Southshore Park.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 16 Feb. 2023
• The ship had an unusual carving of a serpent's head in the bow.
  — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2018
• The ship had an unusual carving of a serpent’s head in the bow.
  — John Seewer, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• But the snakey Time Warp showed more footwork than any serpent could dream of pulling off.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019
• Some scholars think Guinea worms may have been the fiery serpents said in the Bible to have attacked the Israelites in the desert.
  — New York Times, 18 June 2018
• In a third clip, which went up at 10 a.m. Wednesday, the head of what turned out to be a serpent was revealed.
  — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• 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
• Moral for everyone else: Trust not the soothing words of the serpent.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• 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
• The 26-year-old man, whose name has not yet been released, was bitten by the serpent on July 14.
  — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 31 July 2018
• The serpent detailing on the clutch also matched her bracelets.
  — Chrissy Rutherford, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Jan. 2013
• 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
• What are the smallest sized cosmic serpents that will be required for these?
  — Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
• The ancient serpent lived in the steamy swamps of the Eocene over 40 million years ago, in what is now northeastern Colombia.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
• So, for now, all fans have is this strange, slithering serpent.
  — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 21 Aug. 2017
• 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
• The set includes miniature versions of Harry, Hermione, Draco Malfoy, and more, as well as broomsticks and a fire serpent.
  — Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024