How to Use tarantula in a Sentence

tarantula

noun

• So, who was the one that was most likely to buy a tarantula?
  — Joey Hayden, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2020
• The tarantula's fangs are nearly half an inch long, about a sixth the size of its body.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Why, a tarantula with the same name as their daughter, of course.
  — Iris Goldsztajn, Marie Claire, 30 Sep. 2021
• Use the open area to your advantage to catch the tarantula!!
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2022
• There’s a tarantula creeping up the mesh door of our tent.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2020
• The four-legged spidery machine is about the size of a large tarantula.
  — NBC News, 19 June 2017
• Jeana, no surprise, pops the tarantula on her head like a tiny hat and slays it.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
• Sure enough, our guide came out, opened his hands and showed us a Chilean rose-haired tarantula.
  — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 25 June 2019
• The Colombian tarantula, first described in ZooKeys in June, has a unique weapon.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2016
• Now, Jeff Daniels is the inspiration for the name of a tarantula-killing worm.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2022
• Does the camera look a little bit like a tarantula with three eyes?
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2019
• Mia ice skates, collects fairy figurines and dotes on her pets — a dog, frogs and a tarantula.
  — Teresa Watanabe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2019
• How many kinds of tarantulas exist in the United States?
  — Douglas Main, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2016
• And the theme stuck: Giant tarantulas crawl through the grass, while one is situated on the roof.
  — Madeleine Winer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2017
• The tarantula was removed from the program, because of whirring fans.
  — Emma Allen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• Another arranged for a live tarantula flown in from Africa to be served as a meal.
  — Time, Time, 16 Aug. 2017
• Kate held a tarantula, which just so happened to be named Charlotte too!
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 29 Sep. 2021
• Eating tarantula, here are the biggest spiders in the world.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
• In his hotel room 007 escapes an attempt to kill him with a tarantula in his bed.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 13 June 2022
• Scientists have known for decades that snakes can fall prey to tarantulas.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 10 Jan. 2017
• Arizona is home to a diverse range of 30 tarantula species, and the most docile one is the Arizona blonde tarantula.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2024
• The tarantulas were first taken to a zoo in Seattle and then divided among zoos across the country.
  — Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019
• For our cover shot of Jake, a tarantula climbed up a thin piece of plexiglass set just a few inches in front of his nose.
  — Shana Naomi Krochmal, EW.com, 1 July 2019
• Be aware of your surroundings and watch your step; the Desert View Trail is home to wildlife such as rattlesnakes, tarantulas, lizards, insects and more.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2024
• The tarantula Not a person, sure, but a living creature nonethelss.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2019
• Of course, depending on your feelings about spiders, this may also be the best time to avoid the tarantulas on their trek.
  — Fox News, 10 Aug. 2019
• Male tarantulas can journey up to a mile, Padilla said.
  — Dylan Miettinen, CNN, 9 Aug. 2019
• In the western desert tarantula, the male weaves a sperm pouch and uses syringe-like parts of appendages near his mouth to place it in a pouch in the female’s abdomen.
  — National Geographic, 16 Sep. 2017
• The film included a scene of a giant tarantula awakened by rock ‘n’ roll.
  — Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
• There are channels where people purposely get stung by everything from scorpions to tarantula hawks, a large wasp that preys on something just as scary: tarantulas.
  — Jason Nark, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024