RATTLESNAKE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for RATTLESNAKE, such as:
1. This, she said, was her rattlesnake cane.
2. I went to the cavern to get some, and found a rattlesnake in there.
3. We had to be on our guard there, for rattlesnakes were always lurking about.
4. When the rattlesnake is rattling, it's usually not a good idea to go poking it with a stick.
5. Subsequent experiences with rattlesnakes taught me that my first encounter was fortunate in circumstance.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of RATTLESNAKE
rattlesnake
 n.  pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
Classic Sentence:
1  On the center table was a Sears-Roebuck mail-order catalogue, a silver frame with photographs of the Baptist Church and of an elderly clergyman, and an aluminum tray containing a rattlesnake's rattle and a broken spectacle-lens.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  This, she said, was her rattlesnake cane.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
3  I went to the cavern to get some, and found a rattlesnake in there.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X.
4  We had to be on our guard there, for rattlesnakes were always lurking about.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
5  Subsequent experiences with rattlesnakes taught me that my first encounter was fortunate in circumstance.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VII
Example Sentence:
1  When the rattlesnake is rattling, it's usually not a good idea to go poking it with a stick.