The Isle of Man is said also to be free from venomous creatures.
Ireland is free from venomous animals, of course by the aid of St. Patrick.
These writers, and also Calmette, have shown that the blood of venomous serpents becomes antitoxic when heated.
It arrests the effects of the naja, the horned ceraste, the trigonocephalus, the rattlesnake, and of almost every one of the venomous serpents known.
The effects of the bites of venomous serpents on man and animals are generally well known to the public; it is well to recall them, nevertheless.
It has been known for a long time that the hedgehog and the mongoos eat certain venomous reptiles, and eagerly hunt for the vipers in particular.
Knight, whych colorably thus doth torment himselfe, or els are yee inchaunted with the venomous honny and tirannicall brauery of the Theefe which murdered my husbande, and your mayster?
What know I moreouer, if the Serpents and other venomous and crauling Wormes, whych commonly frequent the Graues and pittes of the Earth wyll hurt me, thynkyng that I am deade.
Though not venomous in the strict sense of the word, the 'goanna's bite generally causes a festering wound on account of the loathsome habits of the creature.
Australia is very well provided with serpents--rather too well provided--and the Bush child has to be careful in regard to putting his hand into rabbit burrows or walking barefoot, as there are several varieties of venomous snake.
Jack showed that this was true by passing the spot, with the venomous reptile only increasing his rattle and drawing back his head.
And as the evil, which a venomous worm doeth, maketh it not a serpent: but be cause it is a venomous worm.
At the sight of either of the two species of venomous snakes of the king cobra family this native takes to his heels, and if bitten the wound is not treated with ipoh.
The few grievances which the Uitlanders had before the Jameson raid have been multiplied a hundredfold and no epithet is too venomous for them to apply to the Boers.
Venomous editorials against the Boer Government and people appear almost daily, and serve to widen the breach between the two classes of inhabitants.
There was this sleek, venomous Gonzaga, whom she trusted and relied on, to whisper insidiously into her ear.
Keep yourvenomous tongue in bounds, or I'll have you deprived of it.
She'll snap at the master himself, and as good as dares him to thrash her; and the more hurt she gets, the more venomous she grows.
I sometimes wonder at him with an intensity that deadens my fear: yet, I assure you, a tiger or a venomous serpent could not rouse terror in me equal to that which he wakens.
And there he encountered the Nephew aforesaid, an odd mixture of pride and meanness, a man of drunken eloquence, venomous sarcasm, and music-mad enthusiasm.
Many Canadian farmers assured me that the bite of a wolf was like that of a venomous reptile to these animals, and that however slightly they may have been bitten, they are sure to die.
This deep moist ground is full of venomous snakes; but it is very rarely that any person is bitten, because they are shy, and always try to escape when any one approaches.
The poison with which they envenom their arrows is proverbial for deadly effect; they compound the venomous juice from a multitude of ingredients and fortify the compound by superstitious practices.
Some would live, so the queen assured me, for many days, during which time of agony their faces and the exposed parts of their bodies would be devoured by ants and other venomous insects.
Bruno was the first to be attacked by these venomous insects.
We had never intended to abandon this treasure by reason of a swarm of insects, however numerous and venomous they might be.
Malice meets us on every road, but in Germany we do not pull one another's hair on the highway over every venomous or foolish word.
His story was, when rescued and set upon his feet, that on going out to breathe the morning air he had encountered and slain a fierce and venomous reptile--a big bloated creature that came towards him with open mouth.
But these figures fall far short of the havoc caused by venomous reptiles.
I put my hand to the spot and my fingers close on a big red ant which, knocked from a bough, has fallen on me and is avenging its being disturbed by burying its venomouslittle fangs in my flesh.
It is veryvenomous and wantonly attacks human beings; so that it was fortunate for us that we had caught it at a disadvantage.
It led to venomous and embittered language in the newspapers concerning them.
He would not speak to a heretic, unless to exhort him to the true faith; and he drove all such from his mountain, calling them venomous serpents.
This sign, both in the time of our forefathers and in our own, has opened gates, deadened malignant poisons, and healed wounds made by the sting or bite of venomous creatures.
To make matters worse, the place seemed to be a favorite breeding-place of the Jaracaca snake, the most venomousand aggressive in South America.
Now and then, as he made an assertion, he shot a venomousglance at his opponent, who seemed to be slumbering deeply, with the same broad, happy smile upon his face.
Probably the same animal; and a strong corroboration that the report of its being venomous is with good foundation.
It is so; but although there are so many venomous snakes in this country, it is remarkable how very few accidents or deaths occur from them.
Her stiletto excels the finest craft of the botanical anatomist" by its sovereign art of separating the acrid poison which flows with the sap in the veins of the most venomous plants, and extracting therefrom only an inoffensive fluid.
Similarly the Epeïra throws its web, and when there is no longer any movement under the white shroud the spider draws closer; its venomous fangs perform the office of the trident.
The little serpent had settled itself upon the lad's bare throat, and a reckless movement upon the part of the spectators, a hasty waking on the sleeper's part might end in a venomous bite from the awakened beast.
As he approached, the venomous little creature crept from the boy's neck on to his chest, and there paused, waving its head to and fro, and menacingly thrusting out its forked tongue.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "venomous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
