How to Use rattlesnake in a Sentence
rattlesnake
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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 -
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 -
Anyway, the rattlesnakes are nicer than some of the people in New York media.
— Longreads, 17 Mar. 2018 -
That is where the rattlesnakes like to hide during the day, officials said.
— Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 13 May 2018 -
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 | Rserven@al.com, al, 8 May 2022 -
The rattlesnake was then taken to a wilderness area and released.
— Mark Price, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024 -
Not all snakes are poisonous, but all rattlesnakes are.
— Michael Harriot, The Root, 18 May 2018 -
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 -
The commotion attracted the rest of the group's attention to two rattlesnakes fighting in the middle of the path.
— Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2024 -
There's new additions to the families of rattlesnakes in a Colorado mega-den.
— Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
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