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
“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
Scientists are using spider silk to help develop surgical devices for nerve regeneration.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
My father, the hardcore pacifist who can’t even squish a spider, reaches for the power cord snaking from the television to the wall socket.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
