Scorpion

//ˈskɔɹ.pi.ən//

"Scorpion" in a Sentence (19 examples)

Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.

Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lies in the tail, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.

I would scream very loudly if I saw a scorpion in my room.

Is it true that you caught a scorpion?

Tom died from a scorpion sting.

You see that I too have a spirit; but my spirit bears the sting of a scorpion.

She came across a scorpion.

Have you ever been stung by a scorpion?

Tom died after stepping on a scorpion in the desert.

I've never seen a scorpion.

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Who led thee through that great and terrible wildernesse, wherein were fierie serpents, and scorpions, & drought, where there was no water, who brought thee foorth water out of the rocke of flint,

And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]

The Scorpion keepeth the Bladder, Buttocks, and other privatives [sic] of Man or Woman.

Ras Alhague is […] nearly due north of Lesath, in the tail of the Scorpion, at the distance of 51 degrees: […]

The Crab and the Scorpion much resemble each other, as indeed they do in many other instances, the former being a reduplication of the latter.

Smiling proudly, he glanced outward at the country, which was still invisible except as a dark movement in the darkness; then upwards at the sky, where the stars of the sprawling Scorpion had begun to pale.

‘I have it!’ said the excited magician. ‘I have the Sign of the Scorpion!’

No racketting around and cocktail parties for those born under the influence of the Water-carrier and the Archer. No nylons for Scorpions.

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