horny

Example Sentences

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In the study of sponge evolution, horny sponges are notoriously challenging.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

“Some old rancher would get up and say, ‘We had horny toads and we should have them again!

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2021

Indeed, the university rescinded admission offers for at least 10 prospective students in 2017 over offensive comments they had made in a private Facebook group called “Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens”.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2019

Apart from the tusks, dicynodonts were mostly toothless, with a horny beak like modern-day turtles.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2018

Ron held it at arm’s length as it kicked out at him with its horny little feet; he grasped it around the ankles and turned it upside down.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling