VIPER in a Sentence

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Example sentences for VIPER, such as:

1. When I started my new job, I didn't realize that I was walking into a nest of vipers.
2. There is much to be done, and other places to be made sanctify, so that that nest of vipers be obliterated.
3. Jo glanced at the sheet and saw a pleasing illustration composed of a lunatic, a corpse, a villain, and a viper.
4. Now, it was into a hole of vipers that his glance had just been directed, it was a nest of monsters that he had beneath his eyes.

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 Meanings and Examples of VIPER
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viper
 n.  extremely poisonous or injurious snake; person regarded as malicious
Classic Sentence:
1  Jo glanced at the sheet and saw a pleasing illustration composed of a lunatic, a corpse, a villain, and a viper.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
2  Get ye to Gretna Green; couch on the wet grass and breed vipers.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
3  There is much to be done, and other places to be made sanctify, so that that nest of vipers be obliterated.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  Now, it was into a hole of vipers that his glance had just been directed, it was a nest of monsters that he had beneath his eyes.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XIII—SOLUS CUM SOLO, IN LOCO REMOTO, NON COGITABU...
Example Sentence:
1  With fangs one and a quarter-inch-long, this viper is one of the most venomous snakes in the world.
2  When I started my new job, I didn't realize that I was walking into a nest of vipers.