How to Use constrictor in a Sentence

constrictor

noun

• Boa constrictors, which are native to South and Central America, are now common on the west side of the island.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
• The constrictor cuts off blood flow to the heart and brain.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022
• The function of this ACE2 is to break down angiotensin 2, a vasal constrictor.
  — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 9 July 2020
• A more suitable home was found for the boa constrictor, according to WFLA.
  — Kate Irby, miamiherald, 9 Aug. 2017
• The pythons are mostly ambush hunters, and constrictors.
  — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• How about python jerky, a plate of constrictor and grits for breakfast or maybe a nice Christmas cookie whipped up with snake-yolk dough?
  — orlandosentinel.com, 28 Dec. 2020
• The woman called 911 just after 2 p.m. to report that her five-foot boa constrictor was wrapped around her neck and biting her face.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 28 July 2017
• As successes ebb and flow and alliances strain and stretch, Mechling zooms in on the constrictor knot of adult female friendships.
  — Vogue, 31 May 2019
• The nonvenomous 17-foot constrictor then tried to wrap herself around the sweating Kirkland, who slipped through coil after coil.
  — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2023
• Responding to a call, an officer found a boa constrictor under a tree in a courtyard.
  — Washington Post, 13 June 2017
• Police said the younger man kept 11 non-venomous constrictor snakes and a gecko in his apartment, in terrariums and drawers.
  — Fox News, 5 July 2021
• Birds and mammals need a lot of oxygen to fuel their burning metabolisms, and a constrictor should be able to kill them in just a few minutes.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2012
• Case in point: Corn snakes, a popular, nonvenomous pet which winds around prey constrictor-style, love dining on mice.
  — Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2021
• That includes possession of any constrictor snake that is capable of growing to a size of 3 feet or larger.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
• Flickr/jinterwasWe all know that constrictor snakes, like pythons and boa constrictors, kill by squeezing their prey.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2015
• The Burmese python is a large nonvenomous constrictor that is an invasive species in Florida.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
• Two weeks later, another round of nerve-blocking shots and a five-day course of nasal spray containing DHE, a potent vessel constrictor from the 1920s.
  — Katy Schneider, The Cut, 31 Jan. 2018
• The animals typically feed on fruits, seeds, nuts and invertebrates, the zoo added, and their main predators are large birds of prey, jaguars, ocelots and large constrictor snakes.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
• Triptan, a class of vessel constrictors created to abort and lessen the effects of (not prevent) attacks at their onset was released in 1991.
  — Katy Schneider, The Cut, 22 May 2018
• Yet another invasive constrictor — the ball python — is starting to spread, too.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 21 May 2024
• Among them: the time a student took to the stage at a graduation ceremony wearing nothing but a boa constrictor.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
• Her parents even bought a wall-to-wall terrarium, filling it with three massive snakes: a Burmese python, an anaconda and a boa constrictor.
  — Amy Kaufman, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
• Large constrictor snakes have not existed in North America for millions of years.
  — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• Compared with previous measurements of other snakes, such as pythons, the data so far suggests king snakes are, pound for pound, the strongest constrictors in the world, Penning says.
  — David Penning, National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2017
• For instance, the state of Florida has already banned the importation of Burmese python, and a few other giant constrictors, and they are no longer allowed to be kept as pets or bred for commercial sale.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
• That's because these reptiles can kill and devour other snakes up to 20 percent larger in size—including other constrictors, such as rat snakes.
  — David Penning, National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2017
• There’s evidence the giant constrictors are moving north.
  — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 15 June 2017
• Burmese pythons, giant constrictors native to Asia, became a nuisance in Florida after 1992.
  — CBS News, 17 May 2017
• The non-venomous constrictors mainly prey upon pocket gophers.
  — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• With its rib constrictor and a removable bladder (filled with water), the vest simulates the physical discomfort of pregnancy.
  — Mike Austin, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024