sloth

Example Sentences

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Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.

From Barron's

She gave a little bit of egg to the sloth sitting next to her plate.

From Literature

Zed stands out in part because he didn’t get stuck in this tar like most of the dire wolves, sabertooth cats and 3,000-pound sloths embedded in the main pits.

From The Wall Street Journal

The nurse was a sloth, though, so it would take half a day for her to get out there with even a Band-Aid.

From Literature

I would wake earlier, but I think in a past life I was a two-toed sloth or something because I’m nocturnal and I move very slowly.

From Los Angeles Times