toad

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Together, these strains have already contributed to population crashes in at least 500 species of frogs and toads.

From Science Daily

Though if it had been a cane toad - one of the country's most damaging, and ugly pests - that would be another story, she said.

From BBC

There is a bench shaped like a butterfly, a retaining wall with a snake sculpture, and a green metal gate with an arch in the form of a giant toad.

From Los Angeles Times

Presidents came and went while Hoover sat in FBI headquarters like an all-seeing toad.

From Salon

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