spider

Example Sentences

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Whenever I went out – which wasn’t often now – my eyes were drawn to the house, as if it was a spider in the corner of a room.

From Literature

Ivy for burns, comfrey for fever, foxglove for heart pain, laurel leaves for ringworm, houseleek for the eyes, the web of a spider for bleeding.

From Literature

Looking back down at the letter, I felt fear creep up my spine like a spider up a web.

From Literature

As the team was wrapping up its final practice in Milan on Saturday, a spider dropped from the ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times

Like whenever a spider sneaks into our bedroom—which is way, way too often—he insists on rehoming the evil bug on the back porch rather than whacking it with a newspaper.

From Literature