How to Use water snake in a Sentence

water snake

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  • The president may not catch enough water snakes to patrol the border.
    — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
  • At this point in history, the dragon seems to have been little more than an enormous and fearsome water snake.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But other predators stalk vernal pools, such as water snakes, which Grant has seen snacking on wood frog eggs.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 20 Mar. 2019
  • In Greek legend, the Hydra is a gigantic water snake with nine heads, only one of which is immortal.
    — Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 26 May 2020
  • Water snakes, like the harmless diamondback water snake, hang out near creeks and other bodies of water to snack on frogs and fish.
    — Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Turns out it's mating season for the Florida water snake, officials said, and a large group snakes have gathered near the lake for a giant orgy.
    — Amir Vera, CNN, 15 Feb. 2020
  • One last glimpse Mealtime: This giant salamander, known as a hellbender, hopes to make a northern water snake its next meal.
    — National Geographic, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Species that tested positive for the disease included the northern water snake, racer, milk snake and queen snake.
    — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2018
  • Scientists are studying how the goby might give back to the food web; the fish are credited with reviving the Lake Erie water snake population.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021
  • According to the Observer, the snake was identified as a nonvenomous brown water snake by the North Carolina Zoo.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2019
  • The good-guy snakes include but aren’t limited to the eastern hognose snake, Texas brown snake, Texas rat snake, rough green snake, garter snake, milk snake, bullsnake, kingsnake, indigo snake, black racer, water snake, blind snake and coachwhip.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 8 June 2020
  • Fortunately for those who would rather not encounter a tangle of lusty reptiles during their morning jog, water snake dalliances are fleeting.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
  • As Stacy Liberatore reports for the Daily Mail, quincunx patterns seen on the objects represent the axis mundi, while the head of a water snake references the underworld.
    — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2021
  • According to Live Science, water snake males, which initiate the pursuit, typically mate with just one female per season.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Think: Video installations, a luxury speedboat, water snake high-tops, and everything in between.
    — Christine Whitney, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Dec. 2014
  • The function of oscillatory tongue-flicks in snakes: insights from kinematics of tongue-flicking in the banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata).
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2013
  • Florida water snakes are a native species whose habitats include aquatic environments.
    — Amir Vera, CNN, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Copperheads are often mistaken for juvenile cottonmouths, or water moccasins, or for common water snakes.
    — Dennis Pillion, AL.com, 15 Sep. 2017

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