Spider

//ˈspaɪ̯də//

"Spider" in a Sentence (27 examples)

The spider responds with a swift attack.

There the spider waits for small insects like butterflies and dragonflies to be trapped.

A spider can produce a silky substance from tiny openings on its underside.

Have you ever seen a spider spinning its web?

My favorite song is Hungry Spider.

I am a hungry spider.

I saw a spider walking on the ceiling.

And though a web looks complicated, it takes a spider little time to make one and catch insects.

A big spider was spinning a web.

A spider weaves a web.

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Little Miss Muffet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighted Miss Muffet away.

Crawler-based search engines have three major elements. The first is the spider, also called the crawler, which visits a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages within the site.

2002, Katharine Gasparini, Cranberry and vanilla ice cream spider, recipe in Cool Food, page 339.

Cut slices and lay them in cold water in the spider; boil them up two or three minutes, then pour off the water and set the spider again on the coals and brown the slices on each side.

In spider pan or deep skillet set over hot coals, quickly fry a few at a time in deep lard until brown.

2008, Corona Club (San Francisco, California), Corona Club Cook Book, page 202, Melt ½ the dry sugar in the spider, stirring with knife until all is melted.

If you are deep-frying your falafel, use a spider or basket to place them gently into the hot oil, which should be preheated to a temperature of 175°C (330°F).

Consider investing in a frying basket or a spider for small amounts of fish. A spider looks like a metal web and has a long handle and can lower and raise fish from the hot oil.

I am also disappointed with the horses, having hardly seen a decent pair yet, while the traps and horses do not look smart and well groomed. There are a great many American spiders used. Have not seen a bullock in the yoke yet.

The spider is very useful for shooting in the studio or on locations with smooth floors where tripod legs tend to slide.

A year later she returned to El Cap and spidered up the wall again — this time in 23 hours.

They saved the hall though the facing and part of the roof had to be torn out and replaced, men spidered over the building to repair it before Coaker's arrival.

Briefly he considered letting go to glide along in Radu's wake as the assassin spidered up the wall.

High walls surrounded it on all sides, each one covered with the skeletal stems of climbing plants that spidered across the stones, and the ground was cobbled between patches of frozen grass.

Large cracks spidered across the mask's glass where the nozzle had hit.

Moss spidered across the stone, fresh green. Seaweed sprouted bright yellows and ochres between the vast webs of fingers.

The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.

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