spider
Example Sentences
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“He’s almost more spider than human, which is a very Nick Cage take that I loved,” Uziel says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
The author rehabilitates the Greek Arachne—unfairly condemned to be a spider because of her creative ability—then returns us to Spider Woman and Spider Grandmother, the kindly, creative beings who bring life and wisdom to humankind.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
But new stories are using the spider in unique ways.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Fans of mixed metaphors will enjoy Czechia's Daniel Žižka, whose song Crossroads finds him in open waters... and in foreign fields, and in a golden cage and also in a "vicious spider web".
From BBC • May 8, 2026
And just above my head, I discovered a hole had appeared in the windowpane, little cracks splaying out from it like the web of a spider.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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