carapace
Example Sentences
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The ejected water pools in the spaces between cells and under the tentlike carapace of scales that covers the buds.
From Seattle Times
Sophie, despite her many bad dates, still wants to “find my person”; Jesse, despite his carapace of cynicism, is an emotional marshmallow.
From Los Angeles Times
They called their design, with its transparent steel carapace, tubular escalators and exposed systems painted in primary colors, “a place for all people.”
From New York Times
One chilled appetizer has become a calling card for Mr. Uino: a salad of crab mounded inside the deep bowl of its carapace.
From New York Times
In doing so, she breaches his emotional and psychological carapace without seeming to change him.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
