spider
Example Sentences
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Grace teams up with Rocky, a brilliant alien engineer who looks like a cross between a spider and a rock, and is the size of a Labrador.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
In his sister's room in Southampton, Thomas found a cellar spider carrying a ball of eggs in her jaws.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
On a tree trunk in Thailand's Khao Phra Thaeo Non-Hunting Area, a tiny male broad-headed bark spider rides on the abdomen of a camouflaged female, waiting for her to moult so he can mate.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
“When between cycles, it can leave the spider vulnerable to threats. ... And for those spiders who make it through, it amounts to a kind of rebirth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
He wasn’t too eager to think about anything, even a spider, getting washed away.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
