scorpion
Example Sentences
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The noise of crickets felt as though it would pierce my eardrums, and I prayed I wouldn’t step on any snakes or scorpions.
From Literature
Solanke then produced a stunning scorpion kick to equalise and leave City six points adrift of leaders Arsenal.
From Barron's
Researchers examining spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, noticed something unusual on a spider only a few millimeters long.
From Science Daily
Human-sized sea scorpions and enormous nautiloids with pointed shells stretching up to five meters hunted through the water.
From Science Daily
Seasoned diplomats rehearsed rigid protocols to prevent misunderstandings between two nuclear powers poised like scorpions in a jar.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
