Example Sentences

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Tadpoles become toads, and, in tales such as this one, metaphorical toads can be — whether through will, chance, or wishes — transformed into something else.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025

Network traffic analysis shows the Tadpoles app sending user event data to Facebook.

From The Verge • Jun. 21, 2022

Tadpoles eat lots of copepods, which may survive in flesh as they grow.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2018

Tadpoles usually have gills, a lateral line system, long-finned tails, and lack limbs.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Lou Ann has a lot of extra clothes from Tiny Tadpoles, so Boo has plenty to choose from, but I don’t.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko