How to Use timber rattlesnake in a Sentence

timber rattlesnake

noun
  • The snake that bit the hiker was likely a timber rattlesnake.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The reptile was found in a nest where a timber rattlesnake recently gave birth.
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The timber rattlesnake is the largest and most dangerous venomous snake in the state.
    — Jack Armstrong, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 3 June 2026
  • Now, the blond timber rattlesnake is safe in captivity, and soon the public will be able to see it.
    — Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The hiker went off the trail and found the snake, believed to be a timber rattlesnake, a spokesperson for the agency said.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Normally, during the warmer months, timber rattlesnakes feed on weasels and small rodents.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The fourth venomous snake in Tennessee is the timber rattlesnake.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Learn the history of timber rattlesnakes and how Hoosiers can share the state park with these animals.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
  • How common are timber rattlesnakes in Kentucky?
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The hiker reportedly picked up the snake, which was likely a timber rattlesnake.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
  • There’s no good way to be surprised by a timber rattlesnake, but one of the worst might be finding one on the door handle of your vehicle.
    — Tribune News Service, al, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The timber rattlesnake is a pit viper that is gray in color, sometimes with a pinkish hue, with black and brown diamond-like shapes across its back.
    — Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2025
  • The canebrake or timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is a big, heavy-bodied snake that can grow to 6 feet in length.
    — Mandi Albright, ajc, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The timber rattlesnake is larger than the massasauga and is typically marked with dark bands rather than blotches.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
  • His work is helping scientists get a better understanding of rare snake species like timber rattlesnakes and smooth green snakes.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Bovino said the invasive, non-native coyotes were killing the local timber rattlesnakes.
    — Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The timber rattlesnake, once widespread throughout the East, is now extinct in two states and endangered in eight others.
    — Thomas Palmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Getting mauled by a bear, bitten by a timber rattlesnake, or attacked by a shark is something entirely different.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Venomous snakes—including the timber rattlesnake, the copperhead, and the cottonmouth—all make this area their home.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Gibbs says police also found a gun in the console and a terrarium in the backseat containing a pet timber rattlesnake.
    — USA TODAY, 12 July 2019
  • Officials said that according to witnesses, the man grabbed a rattlesnake, believed to be a timber rattlesnake, which then bit his hand.
    — Jillian Frankel, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Two employees at the organization spotted the reptile in a nest where a timber rattlesnake was giving birth late last month.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The timber rattlesnake is one of North America's most dangerous snakes, widely found across the east of the country.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • Other vipers in Florida, such as timber rattlesnakes, also have the ability.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In fact the Badger State has two native rattlesnakes, the eastern massasauga and the timber rattlesnake.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Hunting timber rattlesnakes is an oddity in Pennsylvania because unlike, say, deer or ducks, few snakes are killed.
    — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
  • According to wildlife experts, the timber rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake in New York with a record length of 74 ½ inches.
    — Fox News, 22 June 2018
  • Nature, thankfully, had balanced out a timber rattlesnake’s formidable fangs with a simple and loud warning system on its tail.
    — Jason Nark, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
  • Even among patient bitten by highly venomous species such as an eastern diamondback or timber rattlesnake, the average time to see a doctor was more than an hour.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The hiker, who remains unidentified, reportedly picked up a timber rattlesnake.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025

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