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.
    John Seewer, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The ship had an unusual carving of a serpent's head in the bow.
    CBS News, 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
  • Rewritten in Go, my pitiful serpent grew wings and took off, running 30 times faster.
    Sheon Han, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
  • From solid bands intricately carved with the phases of the moon to delicate serpents circling the finger, each is imbued with the subtle symbolism of endless adoration.
    Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2024

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