How to Use rattlesnake in a Sentence

rattlesnake

noun
  • Not all snakes are poisonous, but all rattlesnakes are.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 18 May 2018
  • Manage water, watch out for rattlesnakes and bears, try not to fall off your bike.
    Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 15 Aug. 2024
  • That is where the rattlesnakes like to hide during the day, officials said.
    Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 13 May 2018
  • But about 95 percent of dogs survive rattlesnake bites.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 May 2018
  • Will there be rattlesnakes, avalanche danger, exposure to heights?
    Katie Arnold, Outside Online, 30 May 2018
  • Shaped like a rattlesnake and available in both gold and black, this one is the perfect way to add a little flair to their ride.
    Hannah Singleton, Glamour, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The boomslang, less well known than the cobra or rattlesnake, has large eyes and lives in sub-Saharan Africa.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 12 May 2018
  • Experienced dog handlers work one-on-one with each dog owner and their dog to train the dog to avoid the sight, smell and sound of rattlesnakes, skunks and porcupines.
    idahostatesman, 25 Apr. 2018
  • There’s also a rattlesnake venom vaccine that can be administered yearly.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 May 2018
  • An Oklahoma man died Sunday after being bitten twice by a rattlesnake while moving it from a roadway.
    William Cummings, USA TODAY, 2 May 2018
  • While rattlesnake bites are not necessarily fatal, venom is harmful to the nervous system and can cause blood to clot, leading to heart attack or stroke.
    Christina Capatides, CBS News, 22 May 2018
  • The potential long-term effect on populations of rattlesnakes and other snakes remains uncertain.
    Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2018
  • Like searching for the rattlesnake button at the Milwaukee Public Museum.
    Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2018
  • Dozens of rattlesnakes in the mega-den are currently pregnant, according to Cal Poly, so viewers should also be able to watch the snakes begin to rear their young later this summer.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 July 2024
  • This is our record for the most rattlesnakes caught in one call!
    CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Or to look at rattlesnake grass and hold it up to your ear and shake it.
    Elizabeth Lund, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Gough came face to face with rattlesnakes in his search.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 May 2024
  • But rattlesnakes just want to eat and be left alone, Brady said.
    Pomerado News, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Cary knelt to pick it up and saw the thick gray-green mottled curl of a rattlesnake.
    Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
  • That’s the case for some of the Asian Vipers or American rattlesnakes, or pythons and boas.
    Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Inside the restaurant, there used to be a live rattlesnake in a cage.
    Dallas News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • One of those crosses is wound with the carcass of a rattlesnake.
    Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The rattlesnake can sense—perhaps see—the body heat of its mammalian prey.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The release says the man was concerned about children in the area and tried to catch the rattlesnake himself.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 22 Apr. 2021
  • There are 36 rattlesnake species, 13 of which are present in Arizona.
    Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Another was a guy who kissed a rattlesnake on the lips.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2023
  • So can the rattlesnake, which detects the heat that the rodent is giving off.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
  • Found a baby rattlesnake in the corner of the bathroom, curled up in the corner.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The shaded boulder 50 yards ahead looks like a hunched black bear, and the stick on the ground in the leaves looks like a rattlesnake at first glance.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2020
  • First the snake can vibrate its tail to mimic a rattlesnake.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 15 Aug. 2022

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