How to Use constrictor in a Sentence

constrictor

noun
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  • The constrictor cuts off blood flow to the heart and brain.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The function of this ACE2 is to break down angiotensin 2, a vasal constrictor.
    — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 9 July 2020
  • A more suitable home was found for the boa constrictor, according to WFLA.
    — Kate Irby, miamiherald, 9 Aug. 2017
  • The pythons are mostly ambush hunters, and constrictors.
    — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
  • How about python jerky, a plate of constrictor and grits for breakfast or maybe a nice Christmas cookie whipped up with snake-yolk dough?
    — orlandosentinel.com, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The woman called 911 just after 2 p.m. to report that her five-foot boa constrictor was wrapped around her neck and biting her face.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 28 July 2017
  • As successes ebb and flow and alliances strain and stretch, Mechling zooms in on the constrictor knot of adult female friendships.
    — Vogue, 31 May 2019
  • 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
  • Responding to a call, an officer found a boa constrictor under a tree in a courtyard.
    — Washington Post, 13 June 2017
  • Police said the younger man kept 11 non-venomous constrictor snakes and a gecko in his apartment, in terrariums and drawers.
    — Fox News, 5 July 2021
  • Birds and mammals need a lot of oxygen to fuel their burning metabolisms, and a constrictor should be able to kill them in just a few minutes.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2012
  • 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
  • Flickr/jinterwasWe all know that constrictor snakes, like pythons and boa constrictors, kill by squeezing their prey.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2015
  • The Burmese python is a large nonvenomous constrictor that is an invasive species in Florida.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Two weeks later, another round of nerve-blocking shots and a five-day course of nasal spray containing DHE, a potent vessel constrictor from the 1920s.
    — Katy Schneider, The Cut, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The animals typically feed on fruits, seeds, nuts and invertebrates, the zoo added, and their main predators are large birds of prey, jaguars, ocelots and large constrictor snakes.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Triptan, a class of vessel constrictors created to abort and lessen the effects of (not prevent) attacks at their onset was released in 1991.
    — Katy Schneider, The Cut, 22 May 2018
  • Among them: the time a student took to the stage at a graduation ceremony wearing nothing but a boa constrictor.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • Her parents even bought a wall-to-wall terrarium, filling it with three massive snakes: a Burmese python, an anaconda and a boa constrictor.
    — Amy Kaufman, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
  • Large constrictor snakes have not existed in North America for millions of years.
    — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
  • Compared with previous measurements of other snakes, such as pythons, the data so far suggests king snakes are, pound for pound, the strongest constrictors in the world, Penning says.
    — David Penning, National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2017
  • That's because these reptiles can kill and devour other snakes up to 20 percent larger in size—including other constrictors, such as rat snakes.
    — David Penning, National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2017
  • There’s evidence the giant constrictors are moving north.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 15 June 2017
  • Burmese pythons, giant constrictors native to Asia, became a nuisance in Florida after 1992.
    — CBS News, 17 May 2017
  • The non-venomous constrictors mainly prey upon pocket gophers.
    — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • With its rib constrictor and a removable bladder (filled with water), the vest simulates the physical discomfort of pregnancy.
    — Mike Austin, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Eventually, Bekim leaves his father’s home and lives a largely isolated existence, punctuated by his purchase of a boa constrictor.
    — Gabrielle Bellot, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Traps, snake-sniffing dogs, radio-tracking implants, occasional cold snaps and two public roundups so far have failed to significantly reduce the population of the giant constrictors.
    — Washington Post, 6 May 2017
  • Scientists say the giant constrictor snakes, which can grow over 20 feet long, have eliminated 99 percent of the native mammals in the Everglades, decimating food sources for native predators such as panthers and alligators.
    — Fox News, 27 Aug. 2018

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