How to Use black widow in a Sentence

black widow

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  • This includes brown and black widows and brown recluse.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • This includes brown and black widows and brown recluse.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
  • How poisonous is a black widow?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • With a black widow bite, the pain often starts off mild with some swelling and red marks.
    — Sarah Jacob, SELF, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The black widow is the most harmful spider to humans in the state.
    — oregonlive, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The black widow is the most harmful spider to humans in the state.
    — oregonlive, 18 July 2023
  • My grandfather almost died of a black widow bite many years ago.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • Here’s how to identify black widow spiders — and how to avoid them.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 28 May 2024
  • Its reputation as a killer is, like the black widow’s, overblown.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Where do black widows usually nest?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • While most spiders are harmless, species such as the black widow and brown recluse can pose health risks due to their bites.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
  • How to permanently get rid of black widows?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Of those that can bite, only the black widow and the brown recluse can cause rare but serious problems.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 27 May 2024
  • Front-yard projectors cast bats and black widow spiders across the facade.
    — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Kay dressed as a black widow, wearing black lipstick and lacy web tights, while her son wore a fuzzy spider costume.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Of the dozen or so black widow pulsars the team has studied over the years, only six met that criteria.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2022
  • There are basically two spiders in this part of the country that can hurt ― brown recluse and black widow.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 2 June 2020
  • But with the modernization of home plumbing and heating, black widow bites are now rare.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • That's in keeping with the idea that this is a black widow system, where the star is destined to evaporate.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 May 2022
  • Catherine Scott keeps an eye on a female western black widow spider.
    — Lesley Evans Ogden, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
  • These can include bites from scorpions, black widow spiders and rattlesnakes, as well as bee stings.
    — Kelsey Mo, azcentral, 18 June 2018
  • If a black widow bites you and the bite is not dry, the venom will cause pain by interfering with your nerve endings.
    — Eva Flowe may 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026
  • Unlike the black widow, the brown recluse can be trickier to identify.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 8 July 2022
  • Only her face is cracked open like an egg to reveal a black widow spider weaving a web inside her hollow skull.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Nov. 2020
  • She's rumored to be a black widow who has inherited a lot of money from her husbands.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • Some in this town will always call her a black widow, but for Raynella Leath, none of that matters.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 14 July 2018
  • Two women friends, black widows in their youth, are forced back into action, but are rather rusty, need rapid retraining.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Very few people experience severe pain and cramping from a black widow bite or joint pain from a brown recluse bite.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 27 May 2024
  • And as his empire crumbles, my precious black widow shall rise as his most fitting successor!
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2021
  • In one study, scientists painted fake black widow spiders with and without the red hourglass.
    — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2020

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