spider
Example Sentences
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They hover with a calculated theatricality: “Hat Rack” drops like a predatory spider; the shovels’ metal scoops are poised like guillotine blades; and “Bottle Rack” dives like a missile—an apt metaphor for their impact.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
"It's very much the same sort of love and care that I give to my spider as I give to all MPs."
From BBC • May 22, 2026
“He’s almost more spider than human, which is a very Nick Cage take that I loved,” Uziel says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The spider need not be a figure of grotesquerie, Ms. Tatar tells us, but one of redemption—of creation—and of story.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Grandpa Firewood shook his legs at the younger spider.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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