How to Use diamondback rattlesnake in a Sentence

diamondback rattlesnake

noun
  • But two weeks ago, a 5-foot eastern diamondback rattlesnake stopped the 37-year-old in his tracks.
    — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 30 July 2018
  • Rattlesnake roundups are major events out west, where the western diamondback rattlesnake is much more common.
    — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
  • Sidewinder, speckled and western diamondback rattlesnakes can be found in the southeast region of the state, largely in the desert.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Hiding among her flowers was a four-foot-long Western diamondback rattlesnake.
    — Allyson Chiu, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2018
  • The cottonmouth can be found throughout the entire state, much like the eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • The promenade resembles the skin of a diamondback rattlesnake from above.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The promenade resembles the skin of a diamondback rattlesnake from above.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The fangs of an eastern diamondback rattlesnake, America’s largest species, are nearly an inch long.
    — Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 23 July 2014
  • Suddenly a hair-raising rattling came from an Eastern diamondback rattlesnake on the ground a few feet away.
    — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
  • The snake was reported to be a Western diamondback rattlesnake.
    — National Geographic, 7 June 2018
  • The group brought more than 20 western diamondback rattlesnakes to Austin to promote the 68th year of the event.
    — Staff Photographer, Austin American Statesman, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is known as being one of the most dangerous snakes in America.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The ad then depicts an Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, then cuts to video of Templeton firing a gun.
    — Mark Murray, NBC News, 11 May 2018
  • An eastern diamondback rattlesnake was coiled up near the front door of the location and struck as the driver put the package down on Monday, the office said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • At first, the friends thought the snake was a non-venomous water snake, but realized later, once the snake had swam closer, that the reptile was a venomous diamondback rattlesnake.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • Pit vipers are famed for their ability to detect the infrared radiation given off by warm-blooded prey, and none more so than the western diamondback rattlesnake.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2010
  • Wylie told Newsweek that Dodge was bitten by a venomous eastern diamondback rattlesnake, which can be very dangerous and even fatal to people and pets.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Choose from dark or medium brown belting leather, or get extra wild with crocodile print, ostrich print or genuine Western diamondback rattlesnake inlay.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • How does a western diamondback rattlesnake develop resistance to the many types of metalloproteinase toxins in its own venom?
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is the largest rattlesnake in the world and largest venomous snake in North America, according to the zoo's website.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • As eastern diamondback rattlesnakes release venom in every bite, it's considered a very deadly animal.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Beckman said the owner had three venomous snakes inside the apartment, including an eastern diamondback rattlesnake, and a pair of African forest cobras.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Graywolf Alto, who is Kumeyaay, contributed a diamondback rattlesnake out of chicken wire and papier-mâché to the exhibit.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2022
  • Those that are venomous include the diamondback rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake, the copperhead, and cottonmouth or water moccasin.
    — Wayne K. Roustan, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2019
  • The Florida pine snake, also found in southeast Alabama, is often mistaken for the eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The Cincinnati Fire Department said that law enforcement was called to the Ohio zoo after a woman was bitten by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • To find out, Clevers and colleagues removed stem cells from the venom glands of nine snake species—including the cape coral cobra and the western diamondback rattlesnake—and placed them in a cocktail of hormones and proteins called growth factors.
    — Erin Malsbury, Science | AAAS, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Choctaw farmers traditionally venerated the diamondback rattlesnake as a protector of crops.
    — Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
  • To investigate their question, the research team designed a series of experiments in which an object—including a humanlike torso and large black disk—would approach a western diamondback rattlesnake.
    — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Western diamondback rattlesnake One of the most dangerous animals you can get bitten by in Arizona is the Western diamondback rattlesnake.
    — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024

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