How to Use mamba in a Sentence

mamba

noun
  • The black mamba gets its name for the inside of its mouth, which is black.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Two drops of the mamba's venom will kill most humans, the site said.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2023
  • So why does the black mamba have potent painkillers in its arsenal?
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2012
  • This is what makes the black mamba one of the deadliest animals around the world.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Without antivenom, a bite from a black mamba snake is usually lethal.
    — National Geographic, 25 May 2017
  • Once triggered, the black mamba unloads a relentless flurry of high-speed bites.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Blood is already dripping from fang marks on his right arm, left there moments earlier by a ten-foot-long black mamba.
    — Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 16 May 2019
  • Two drops are enough to kill you, and an angry mamba gives multiple bites, squirting lots and lots of venom with each one.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 30 June 2020
  • And a gladiator sandal recalled the coils of the mamba snake.
    — WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Like the black mamba, the color of the inside of the cottonmouth moccasin’s mouth inspires its name, not its scales.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 19 May 2022
  • Even Chandler, however, didn’t see the need to have sections narrated by a black mamba.
    — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 18 May 2018
  • Sub-Saharan Africa is home to dozens of snake species, but the most deadly and feared are the puff adder, cobra and black mamba.
    — Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Green mamba bites may cause dizziness, nausea and irregular heartbeat , and can be fatal.
    — Fox News, 23 June 2017
  • Sniffing a chance to make some bucks, Sammy orders a black mamba from a friend in Boise, Idaho.
    — Gerald Bartell, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The variety packs of four 3-ounce mini jars offer something for everyone, from chai spice peanut and almond to hot mamba.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Per a report from The Telegraph, Dingo was bitten by an Eastern green mamba.
    — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In April, Gifford said he was bitten by a West African green mamba while cleaning the enclosures in his home.
    — Washington Post, 2 July 2021
  • Though species like the boomslang or the king cobra are dangerous thanks to their respective poisons, the black mamba is especially deadly due to its speed.
    — Daniel Jameson, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Though species like the boomslang or the king cobra are dangerous thanks to their respective poisons, the black mamba is especially deadly due to its speed.
    — Daniel Jameson, CNT, 10 July 2017
  • Temperamentally, the Gaboon viper is at the opposite end of the spectrum from the black mamba.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 30 June 2020
  • After its start in 1949, the orchestra was known for its symphonic jazz, mamba and conjunto polkas.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Elapids are the family of about 300 venomous snakes that include mambas, cobras, and the annulated sea snake.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 July 2023
  • The venom of the black mamba snake, one of the world’s deadliest poisons administered by one of the world’s deadliest reptiles, can kill you within half an hour.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2012
  • The Oilers’ penalty kill had its issues –– virtually any team with weak goaltending does –– but their power play remained as lethal as a black mamba.
    — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Dangerous reptiles like cobras, mambas, vipers, anacondas and rattlesnakes are all banned from private ownership.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This included cobras, a green mamba, a boa constrictor and tarantulas, authorities said.
    — Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The coral snake is a whole different genus from the other venomous snakes of Alabama, being more closely related to the cobra or black mamba than the copperhead.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 1 Aug. 2022
  • By the time 2010’s scale—covered Kobe 6 arrived, the black mamba inspiration was obvious.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • For example, an adult black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), one of the planet’s deadliest elapids, regularly grows upwards of 10 feet long.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The venom of the green mamba — one the most dangerous snakes in Africa — might one day help to treat people who have a genetic disorder that affects the kidneys, according to a new study conducted in mice.
    — Fox News, 23 June 2017

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