How to Use snakebite in a Sentence

snakebite

noun

• The discoverer of the snake might be the first to get a snakebite.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• The snakebite kit is in a shoe box on the top shelf of the closet of the bedroom with the yellow comforter.
  — Joyce Wadler, New York Times, 7 June 2018
• Indeed, snakebites are on the rise among humans and pets.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 19 May 2017
• That lodge was one of her most beloved spots, the favorite place of her son, who died years ago from a snakebite.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2017
• Less than a dozen people per year die from snakebite in the two countries combined.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 22 June 2016
• The new species is venomous, but only one snakebite has been attributed to it, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• Those statistics also give you some idea of how best to avoid a snakebite.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 May 2018
• Both can pay to treat injuries such as broken bones, snakebites or swallowed socks.
  — Sarah Schlichter Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024
• Keep in mind that even non-venemous snakebites can cause infections.
  — Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 25 July 2019
• At Studs, Bubbers says customers are opting more and more for a snakebite on the conch for a doubly trendy effect.
  — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 31 May 2022
• In real life, McDonough never mentioned a snakebite nor a stay in the hospital in the days leading up to the Yarnell fire.
  — Shaun McKinnon, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2017
• During the summer, when snakes are out, Rushton and his colleagues do one or two snakebite consults a day.
  — al, 5 June 2022
• Skip the snakebite kits and tourniquets; that’s outdated advice.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 7 May 2018
• But some have been open, only to get slammed shut, a few closed from pure snakebite, and others of course from bad playing, bad coaching, or both.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
• Does a character need to have fitful visions of the future after a snakebite?
  — Abhrajyoti Chakraborty, The New Republic, 8 Oct. 2019
• Home to more than 60 species of venomous snakes, India bears the world's largest burden of death and disability caused by snakebites.
  — Harini Barath, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2020
• As a Russian visitor of 1389 reports, the Greeks believed that touching the column was a cure for snakebite.
  — Peter Thonemann, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
• That scene is becoming the norm now, for a band that, despite snakebites and audits, is somehow still standing.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024
• Do not waste time on tourniquets, sucking or applying a snakebite kit.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2019
• If the antivenin is administered within two hours of the snakebite, the victim has a 99 percent chance of survival.
  — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 9 Nov. 2018
• The second is to make a more diverse antivenin that can effectively act on a spectrum of snakebites.
  — Kamala Thiagarajan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
• With those snakebites still fresh, the U of L offense struggled to get on track and struggled to come up with a key hit – any key hit – to chip away until the final innings.
  — Randy Rosetta, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2018
• Out in the wild, knowing how to treat a venomous snakebite or a gangrenous infection can mean the difference between life and death.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
• Cleopatra’s suicide in 30 B.C.—purportedly via snakebite—marked the end of the Ptolemaic era in Egypt but the start of an enduring obsession with the fabled queen.
  — National Geographic, 20 May 2019
• If wolves don't fear snake odors, that may suggest a lack of evolutionary importance of snakebite—or that the snakes have evolved a way of hiding their scent.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 30 Apr. 2018
• Hayes’s current focus is the varying severity of snakebites.
  — Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
• In case of snakebite: Remove watches, rings, and constrictive clothing.
  — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 23 July 2014
• For those reasons and others, the time between snakebite and anti-venom treatment can be a game-changing factor.
  — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 22 May 2018
• And, after an hour and a half wait, Meg's doctor returned with antivenom, the usual treatment for venomous snakebites.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 29 June 2017
• Last year in Florida, 304 calls about venomous snakebites came in to poison control centers.
  — Naseem S. Miller, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 July 2017

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024