How to Use rattlesnake in a Sentence

rattlesnake

noun

• Unlike other reptiles, rattlesnake pups are born live, rather than hatching from eggs.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
• Believing that a rattlesnake will attack unprovoked is a common misconception.
  — Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 5 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 | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2022
• Wear sunscreen, take water and watch out for rattlesnakes, which have been seen in the area.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• Make sure to stay on the trails, avoid picking flowers and keep an eye out for rattlesnakes.
  — Kimi Robinson, azcentral, 13 Mar. 2020
• What was hiding off the trail was a venomous rattlesnake.
  — Alicia Lee, CNN, 27 Feb. 2020
• Keep in mind that getting bit by a rattlesnake is not a death sentence.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023
• While unnerving, the buzzing sound of a rattlesnake is designed to warn you.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
• Some of the glyphs are more than 2 meters long and the largest, which appears to show a rattlesnake, is more than 3 meters long.
  — Ruth Serven Smith | [e-mail], al, 8 May 2022
• The rattlesnake was then taken to a wilderness area and released.
  — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• Rides in shrimp boats, goes up in a hot-air balloon, attends a rattlesnake roundup.
  — Michael Paterniti, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Its first patient was a dog bitten by a rattlesnake in 2012.
  — Tamara Lush, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2020
• Jorwally was on the rattlesnake team and his instinct was to move fast.
  — New York Times, 25 June 2021
• But rattlesnakes have been known to invade yards and homes if the conditions are right.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
• At one point assassins tried to kill him with a rattlesnake.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2024