carapace

Example Sentences

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As the main puppeteer on set, Ortiz was in charge of moving its face or central carapace — and he also voices him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

"Turtle growth rates and sizes vary," says Cómbita-Romero, so the team looked at features like the thickness of its carapace and the spots where its ribs were knitting together into solid bone.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2023

It had stubby limbs and a flattened carapace, suggesting that—unlike modern sea turtles—this ancient reptile lived along shallow coastlines.

From Scientific American • Oct. 22, 2023

Polished, urbane and preternaturally prepared, Cornwell’s sometimes mischievous demeanor forms a kind of shadow narrative, a fascinating carapace that Morris’s interrogatory arrows fail to fully pierce.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2023

She had always liked this image of herself as too much trouble, as different, and she sometimes thought of it as a carapace that kept her safe.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie