How to Use toad in a Sentence

toad

noun

• He's such a mean little toad.
• Once the toad is dead, dispose of it in the trash; do not bury it.
  — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020
• The survival of a rare and tiny toad species near Laramie, Wyo.
  — Zekriah Chaudhry, Twin Cities, 5 July 2019
• His eyes flicked from toad to mirror to blind spots and back to the road.
  — Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• But this is the first time a toad has been found to mimic a snake.
  — Munyaradzi Makoni, Science | AAAS, 20 Oct. 2019
• To give them the best shot at life, the researchers even trained some of the quolls not to eat toads.
  — Matt Warren, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2018
• The job that lends the toads their informal name is done by the male.
  — Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 9 May 2019
• Frogs and toads still trill, peep, croak, and creak in ponds and wetlands.
  — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2017
• The seas are warming at a rate that could boil alive the proverbial toad.
  — Meghan O'Gieblyn, Wired, 6 Jan. 2022
• The abused little girl has a pet toad, not a pet turtle.
  — New York Times, 11 Dec. 2021
• An old myth says that touching a toad will give you warts.
  — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 10 Feb. 2017
• At first, the video shows two glowing eyes on what appears to be a toad.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 11 May 2023
• Adrianne: The one about me bringing a toad into the house?
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• Snap goes the twig, flinging the tiny toad onto the limb of a tree, where he’s startled by a bird.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
• The first step in the cure is hanging a toad upside down in a chimney for three days.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2020
• Hike around wetlands of Shor Park and look and listen for frogs, toads and more.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• The male Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) can mate like mad every year—for about two weeks.
  — Patricia Edmonds, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• The ants then swarmed the toads, killing half of them almost instantly.
  — Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
• There are two toad and 12 frog species native to Michigan.
  — Perry A. Farrell, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2018
• But the toads could not climb cane plants to reach the insects and are now a thriving pest species themselves.
  — Erin Biba, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2017
• Took a little toad trip since it’s been a while being behind the wheel.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 28 Sep. 2020
• Seen from underneath, the toad has a pale stomach and pink thighs.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 July 2024
• Each August, adult midwife toads in the French Pyrenees climb out of their birth lakes for the first time.
  — Matthew Fisher, National Geographic, 10 May 2018
• When in flight, the deep warbling call of the nighthawk could easily be confused as a toad.
  — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 June 2017
• Three green frogs and an American toad now call it home.
  — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Apr. 2021
• Three toads were found pregnant with between 38 and 96 eggs.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
• Just a quick, investigative lick of the toad's back can be fatal to a dog.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 6 June 2018
• In May 2016, the scientists retraced their steps with Robin Moore to find and photograph the toad in the wild.
  — Discover Staff, Discover Magazine, 24 May 2016
• The toad sits next to a replica of Piltdown Man in the exhibition.
  — Daniel T. Ksepka, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2023
• This can include snakes, salamanders, box turtles, toads and rodents.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024