On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Venomous. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as virulent or unpleasant and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Venomous meaning
- Of an animal (specifically a snake) or parts of its body: producing venom (“a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use”) which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting venom.
- Of or pertaining to venom.
- Consisting of, or containing or full of, venom or some other poison; hence, harmful to health due to this.
Synonyms of Venomous
Using Venomous
- The main meaning on this page is: Of an animal (specifically a snake) or parts of its body: producing venom (“a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use”) which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting venom. | Of or pertaining to venom. | Consisting of, or containing or full of, venom or some other poison; hence, harmful to health due to this.
- Useful related words include: virulent, unpleasant, vitriolic, sulphurous.
- In the example corpus, venomous often appears in combinations such as: venomous snakes, of venomous, the venomous.
Context around Venomous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Venomous
- In this selection, "venomous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, non, wild, tell, snake, animals and snakes stand out and add context to how "venomous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the wild venomous animals of and a non venomous snake especially. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "venomous" sits close to words such as alkaline, antifa and ascribed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with venomous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is mildly venomous but rarely bites. (7 words)
If it's Australia we can just assume it's venomous. (11 words)
He’s talking about cone snails, colorful yet highly venomous sea snails. (12 words)
He claimed to have emailed Prince Harry and Meghan on Christmas Day, apologising for the article; a spokesperson for the couple the email was addressed solely to Harry (and made no mention of Clarkson’s previous venomous comments about the duchess). (41 words)
But a minute later on 21minutes, the visitors struck when the ball was given away by Issa Kabore and it fell straight to Palmer who drove home a venomous left-footer across Kaminski and into the far side-netting. (39 words)
While the other venomous species of snake stay clear of human interaction, copperheads can be found near human dwellings and are therefore responsible for the overwhelming majority of venomous snake bites. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
While the other venomous species of snake stay clear of human interaction, copperheads can be found near human dwellings and are therefore responsible for the overwhelming majority of venomous snake bites.
There are over 30 different types of snakes found in Kentucky Twenty-eight of those species are non-venomous, but four are venomous.
They were so busy trying to save the wild venomous animals of Australia they never stopped to think IF they should save the wild venomous animals of Australia.
However, some morphological traits can be considered when distinguishing a venomous snake from a non-venomous variety.
Most doctors, says Mahapatra, are unable to tell venomous from non-venomous snakes and rely on discredited methods such as pattern of bite marks and number of fang punctures.
However, these terms always refer to venomous snakes, while Natter traditionally denotes a non-venomous snake, especially the common grass-snake of Europe ( Natrix natrix ).
Adders, grass snakes, and smooth snakes are the only three species of snakes you can find in the wild in the UK, but the adder is the only native venomous snake.
A row between the National Council of the Maltese Language and the Culture Ministry over Norma Saliba’s appointment to head a new government entity has taken a venomous turn.
But a minute later on 21minutes, the visitors struck when the ball was given away by Issa Kabore and it fell straight to Palmer who drove home a venomous left-footer across Kaminski and into the far side-netting.
But this is not the first time such a venomous spider has made it to Europe.
Eastern browns, though non-aggressive like all snakes, are one of the most venomous in the world.
Gaa’s venomous powers were such that, he could incinerate provinces that failed to contribute to the rebuilding of his lost assets and compound.
He claimed to have emailed Prince Harry and Meghan on Christmas Day, apologising for the article; a spokesperson for the couple the email was addressed solely to Harry (and made no mention of Clarkson’s previous venomous comments about the duchess).
He’s talking about cone snails, colorful yet highly venomous sea snails.
If it's Australia we can just assume it's venomous.
If we had this back from this venomous institution, we would be twice as rich as we are.
It is mildly venomous but rarely bites.
Of these, only the adder is venomous and a danger to dogs.
Raymond Hoser- Snakeman- brought his venomous snake and reptile show to Shopping on Clyde.
Selim was pure evil, but he died in an infamous bridge battle with the other clones due to his own venomous detonation.
Common combinations with venomous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: