limpet

Example Sentences

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Norris clung to Verstappen like a limpet and then overtook him with imperious ease before the first pit stops, cruising off into the middle distance thereafter.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

Nearby, research assistant Mar Humet Caballero delicately pressed a tiny square black device against the shell of a limpet to “listen” to its heartbeat.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers.

From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2021

Cyber Command had decided to target an Iranian spy group that had supported limpet mine attacks on commercial ships last week.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2019

Her fevered mind fastened like a limpet onto the notion that Estha was somehow responsible for Sophie Mol’s death.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy