porcupine

Example Sentences

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The next day I got up and went over to get in the shower and there was a porcupine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

What followed was a comedy of errors including military drills that outpaced anything this group of office workers had in mind, a rogue porcupine, stranded airplanes and one syringe to the butt of an employee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The machine that cuts the stone looks a little bit like a giant porcupine.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2025

There are 16 porcupine species in Central and South America, but only one in the United States and Canada.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

Of all the vermin on this place, J.W. had to take out after a porcupine.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck