How to Use spider in a Sentence

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• We watched the spider spin its web.
• In the grass, the eyes of spiders shine like stars in the light of his headlamp.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
• Hot-glue the spiders to the yarn balls and hot-glue eyes to the spiders.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
• Each spider digs its own and spends most of its time there.
  — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
• Top off the look with a peaked hat or a big fake spider on the back of the cape for extra fun.
  — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 22 Aug. 2022
• Her locs froze, and spiders even built nests in her hair.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 3 May 2024
• The black widow is the most harmful spider to humans in the state.
  — oregonlive, 18 July 2023
• Spider-Man isn’t in Kraven the Hunter, but spiders are.
  — James Grebey, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
• The great whip spider boom shows that’s only part of the story.
  — Eric Boodman, Wired, 29 May 2021
• Their old school used to have a spider-web-style rope to climb and a pole for sliding down.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Plus, both the spider and eyeball-themed sets have glow-in-the-dark graphics.
  — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 18 Oct. 2021
• Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil and set a spider strainer next to it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
• To cure themselves of spider bites, Pliny wrote, deer ate crabs washed up on the beach, and sick goats did the same.
  — Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
• The wiry Rodia would climb it like a sailor in rigging or a spider in a web.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021
• The students who were afraid thought the spider was much closer.
  — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2021
• Tilt the chair over and vacuum the bottom where spiders like to lay their eggs as well as the legs of the chair.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
• While many spiders are venomous, most do not have strong or long enough fangs to pierce the skin.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 27 May 2024
• An aphid had flown into a spider web and tried in vain to escape from the sticky threads.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
• Using a slotted spoon or spider, lift the leeks out of the water and drain.
  — Washington Post, 9 July 2021
• Two of the most common summer bite pests are spiders and ticks.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 25 July 2024
• Tiny faux spiders decorate the edges of this fun craft.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
• The show’s star is a dead spider brought back to life using puffs of air to control its legs.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 29 July 2022
• Complete the look by hot-gluing a spider or two onto the web.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2022
• This was praise, of course, from Charlotte the spider, trying to save the pig from slaughter.
  — Washington Post, 22 July 2021
• And sometimes, as with the spider boss Quelaag, that fire seeps up through the poison gunk.
  — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
• The spider lost two of its legs, Blosser said, and the children named it Jimmy.
  — Brennan Stewart, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
• Wrap the wreath form with white burlap ribbon and attach faux spiders with hot-glue.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
• Then, use a spider to scoop them onto the rack to drain excess oil and cool slightly.
  — Arlyn Osborne, Bon Appétit, 25 May 2021
• Creepy spider bots and quadrupeds with cheetah-print paint jobs scurry across the floor.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022
• One of the films centers on a spider woman who kills her prey with kisses.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 7 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025