limpet

Example Sentences

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Norris clung to Verstappen like a limpet and then overtook him with imperious ease before the first pit stops, cruising off into the middle distance thereafter.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

Lima opted to use a limpet shell instead, creating what he called “robolimpets.”

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

Use the colorful Olympic Coast National Marine Life Sanctuary guide if you can’t tell a limpet from a clam.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2021

Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers.

From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2021

Her fevered mind fastened like a limpet onto the notion that Estha was somehow responsible for Sophie Mol’s death.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy