spider
Example Sentences
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Not just because it’s dark and wet and full of spiders and who knows what else, and not just because it’s always scary weather that necessitates entering its depths.
From Literature
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I direct my eyes away from her, stare at the network of spider cracks that creep along her ceiling.
From Literature
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In his sister's room in Southampton, Thomas found a cellar spider carrying a ball of eggs in her jaws.
From BBC
“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
Then she goes to work and stings a spider with her pizen.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.