How to Use tortoise in a Sentence

tortoise

noun

• But the hare couldn’t stick the landing, and the tortoise reigned supreme.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2023
• Xavier wants to be the hare, Iowa State wants to be the tortoise.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
• This isn't the first tortoise to lose its way this year.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
• In one scene, Hart and Wahlberg are tasked to give mouth-to-mouth to a tortoise.
  — Amy Nicholson, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022
• Any tortoise will tell you: Slow and steady wins the race.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 15 June 2021
• The tortoise was placed on a three-day stray hold at Cara’s House.
  — Maxime Tamsett, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
• Think of this like the classic folk story about the tortoise and the hare.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2021
• The tortoise has free roam of the entire store during the day.
  — Lisa Maria Garza, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 June 2018
• There's more than one way that a tortoise can beat a hare.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023
• Dad will be the coolest guy at the beach with these tortoise shell sunnies.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 7 Nov. 2022
• The design stays true to the classics and comes in glassy black or tortoise shell.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
• The tortoise shell shades were classy and his hair was wrapped in a loose bun that served as the crown fit for a king.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022
• Investing often feels like the old tale of the tortoise and the hare.
  — Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 7 Nov. 2023
• Trinniberg wobbled to the wire in 17th place, a hare turned tortoise down the stretch.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2018
• There was just nowhere to go and no safe way to transport a 150-pound tortoise.
  — Ilana Keller, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2020
• The first few days the two male tortoises kept to themselves.
  — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 14 June 2018
• Most props that promise to lunge and jump end up moving with the spunk of a tortoise in a race.
  — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
• The chickens, lizard and tortoise, though, would have to stay with a friend in San Bernardino.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
• Surrounded by the city, the tortoise cannot move to a new habitat on its own.
  — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
• Comfy enough to wear out of the box, the style is available for 30% off in the tortoise shell design.
  — Chloe Irving, Health.com, 8 Dec. 2021
• As the weather warms up, turtles and tortoises are on the move.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 23 June 2023
• When Vamstad saw the tortoise, the park had only been closed for two months.
  — NBC News, 16 May 2020
• Arizona Game and Fish has a lengthy guide of what foods are best for your new tortoise.
  — Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2020
• The tortoise, who turned out to be a female named Ty, had been missing for three and a half years.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
• There’s a quote somewhere about the passage of time, maybe said by a wise tortoise.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
• This means that all the acreage at The Lonesome Tortoise Ranch must be tortoise-proofed.
  — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2019
• The tortoise, named Jose, was barely alive with his shell cracked, the report said.
  — Amy Lieu, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2018
• Snoop Dogg, the tortoise, arrived by mail when Will Beger was around nine years old.
  — Eliza Collins, WSJ, 13 July 2023
• The Zoo was kind enough to send over some adorable photos and videos of their Thanksgiving feast, which included a tamarin eating a pumpkin, a tortoise eating an apple and sun bears chomping on gourds.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2024
• On land, you’re guaranteed to spot the many migrating birds who stopover on the island, and there’s a tortoise nursery, where staff keep an eye on hatchlings and infant tortoises to ensure they are not preyed upon.
  — Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025