How to Use spiny in a Sentence

spiny

adjective

• Turn the lobster tail over and cut the spiny membrane in the back.
  — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• Got kids that can’t be trusted so close to sharp and spiny plants?
  — Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2021
• Their spiny tails are no barbed defense, but a prop to right themselves in the waves.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• On the west, the desert garden features aloes and spiny cacti.
  — John King, SFChronicle.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• The chemical was first found in the spiny dogfish, or Squalus acanthias, in 1993 and named for it.
  — Douglas Main, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011
• In the center of one room was a display of spiny king crabs, sea stars, and translucent spot prawns, denizens of the twilight zone.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• Pitch your tent or park your RV amid the park's signature boulders and spiny plants.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
• Inside, the team found a small, coral-colored figurine of a llama made from the shell of a rare spiny oyster.
  — Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020
• Leaves are thick and leathery, 2 to 3 inches wide with spiny margins.
  — Karen Dardick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2018
• Osteoderms on spiny mice have been observed since the mid-1970s.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 May 2023
• His field hands pulled the season’s last remaining fruit from the spiny branches above.
  — New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
• Or how the trees burst with white surrender-flag-flowers, only to give way to spiny, bright green husks.
  — Lisa Donovan, Bon Appétit, 14 Mar. 2023
• Wednesday and at events such as BugFest in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, people couldn’t wait to get in the water and dive for spiny lobsters.
  — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 27 July 2021
• African spiny mice are small to medium sized rodents with spiny hairs on their upper body, large eyes and ears, and scaly tails.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 May 2023
• Smooth and spiny dogfish look almost identical save for the namesake spikes on the back of the spiny dogfish.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 26 July 2023
• One was photographed in an aquarium eating a spiny dog fish, a shark that can reach four feet long.
  — Mark Graves | , oregonlive, 23 June 2023
• Like the spiny cone, their chemistry is a defense against predation.
  — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
• Scaly, spiny and snaggletoothed, soaring through the sky on leathery wings.
  — Soren Andersen, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
• According to the authors of the study, the spiny species takes its name from the Huichol, an indigenous tribe that resides in the same region.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
• The beetle is black with white spots and has long spiny antenna, inspiring its name, of the same colors.
  — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2017
• The spiny structure was meant to deter predators’ grazing.
  — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
• The spiny water flea was first identified in North American in 1984 in Lake Huron.
  — Popular Science, 17 Feb. 2021
• Unlike red urchins, the spiny purple urchins are no one’s idea of a favorite meal, whether human or otter.
  — Washington Post, 18 May 2018
• Sample the spiny Caribbean lobster, simply grilled on a hot flame, and dig your toes into the sand.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• The spiny bush viper is an incredibly venomous snake that can be found nestled in the flowers of trees in the forests of Central Africa.
  — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
• Bythotrephes, a water flea with a long, spiny tail, eats other zooplankton and competes with fish for food.
  — Jason Treat, Magazine, 17 Nov. 2020
• The founder/co-owner of Cress Restaurant began serving these spiny sea creatures back in 2013.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 20 June 2021
• Place them as a centerpiece on a table for a spiny, perfect display.
  — Sunset Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
• For tall palms, farmers like Mr. Awang maneuver an extendable pole with a scythe on the end to slice through spiny 50-pound bunches cradled at the top of the trunk.
  — Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• The mountainous desert region is one highlighted by cactus flowers like the Strawberry Pitaya, the spiny ocotillo shrub, catclaw, desert marigolds, and the area’s namesake bluebonnets.
  — Krista Simmons and J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Oct 2024