How to Use nonvenomous in a Sentence

nonvenomous

adjective

• The head of the 10-foot nonvenomous diamond python emerged through a space in a shelf above the spice jars in the Sydney store.
  — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2021
• Rat snakes are nonvenomous and common across much of Texas.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
• So your chances of coming across a nonvenomous one are pretty good.
  — Nancy Clanton, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023
• Pythons and other large nonvenomous snakes kill their prey by constricting them, which cuts off blood flow through the prey’s body.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2017
• Like most Texas snakes, checkered garter snakes are nonvenomous.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• And as the parks division said, these nonvenomous snakes are harmless.
  — Michelle Lou, CNN, 11 June 2019
• Boa constrictors are nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by squeezing them in their strong coils.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 6 Jan. 2023
• Watch how to tell the difference between a deadly cottonmouth snake and a nonvenomous rat snake in this video.
  — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 15 June 2018
• Officials said 124 snakes, both venomous and nonvenomous, were removed from the home.
  — Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2022
• But around month ago, the wildlife-loving pharmaceutical researcher just had to get hands-on with a small nonvenomous snake for its own good.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• The calls come in for snakes of all varieties, including nonvenomous gopher, garter, king, racer, rosy boa and rat snakes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Unlike cobras, vipers and rattlesnakes, a Burmese python is nonvenomous.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
• Tait found the culprits – a pair of nonvenomous carpet pythons – slithering through his bedroom and living room.
  — Fox News, 2 Sep. 2020
• 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
• Because fire officials don’t have the tools or time to relocate snakes, they usually are forced to kill them, even snakes that are nonvenomous.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
• The Burmese python is a large nonvenomous constrictor that is an invasive species in Florida.
  — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
• More straightforward was a request to remove a nonvenomous carpet python, its body intricately patterned with whorls and swirls, coiled in the depths of a shed.
  — Natasha Frost David Maurice Smith, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• According to Newsweek, reticulated pythons, which are nonvenomous, can grow to be 20 feet long and are native to Southeast Asia.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2023
• Australia, for instance, has more venomous snakes than nonvenomous ones.
  — Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• All the new serpents belong to the genera Dipsas or Sibon, which are nonvenomous, tree-dwelling, snail-eating snakes found in South America.
  — Alejandro Arteaga, National Geographic, 14 June 2018
• Not all experts agree that the general public should be allowed to hunt for nonvenomous pythons, which seize prey with their teeth and kill by constricting their bodies.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 3 Feb. 2015
• After releasing Udon, the nonvenomous training snake, from his bucket, Hymes began to handle the snake.
  — Claire Rafford, azcentral, 28 Feb. 2019
• Eastern indigos are native to the southeastern U.S. and are considered the largest nonvenomous snake in the country.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 July 2021
• According to the Observer, the snake was identified as a nonvenomous brown water snake by the North Carolina Zoo.
  — Fox News, 7 June 2019
• However, unlike a rattlesnake, a gopher snake is nonvenomous and its tail does not rattle.
  — Johana Restrepo, azcentral, 26 Apr. 2017
• Covington and a family friend were riding a four-wheeler when the friend, who has not been named by authorities, shot and killed a nonvenomous snake on the property.
  — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 12 June 2018
• In his 47 years of collecting and rescuing the scaly reptiles, Ireland said he’s never been bitten by a venomous snake, though he has been nipped many times by frightened nonvenomous snakes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022
• That’s not a surprise, says Penning, since venomous and nonvenomous snakes capture similarly quick prey, such as rabbits and mice.
  — National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2016
• The snake is a nonvenomous Southern black racer, a breed known to charge people and bite repeatedly when cornered, according to website Owlcation.com.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 19 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 19 Sep 2024