How to Use velociraptor in a Sentence

velociraptor

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• Trump is testing those civic fences with the zeal of a velociraptor.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 June 2019
• One question fans might not have thought to ask, though, was whether or not the velociraptors were the correct size.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 19 June 2018
• This was no time to prioritize the future, to spurn the bird in hand and chase the velociraptor in the distance.
  — David Murphy, Philly.com, 21 June 2018
• My heart still races when the velociraptor’s nose is pointed my way.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 31 July 2019
• That's like in Jurassic Park when the velociraptors figured out how to open doors.
  — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
• The answer rhymes with velociraptor or a man in a tractor.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
• And the partial skeleton of a velociraptor hits the auction block.
  — CNN, 15 May 2022
• In the former, the horse-sized velociraptors should actually have been the size of dogs.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 12 June 2018
• If mowing down velociraptors with machine guns sounds like your idea of a good time, keep an eye out for this one.
  — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 7 May 2020
• Instead, the two-legged predator was more akin to velociraptors with sharp teeth and bony eyebrow crests.
  — Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2018
• Anzu wyliei was a 600-pound cross between an ostrich and a velociraptor.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
• Pratt starred as Owen Grady, a Navy veteran and velociraptor handler at the theme park.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2022
• First a Tyrannosaurus rex appeared on the table, followed by a velociraptor and a stegosaurus.
  — Kate Elizabeth Queram, Howard County Times, 30 Mar. 2018
• Have up-close encounters with a life-like stegosaurus, velociraptor and a T-Rex in a walk-through exhibit.
  — Oc Disney Staff, Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2017
• Owen, Claire, and an older Maisie have been taking care of a mama velociraptor and her offspring.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2022
• The feathered dinosaur that dwarfed the velociraptor, made famous by Jurassic Park, had nine-inch claws and could grow up to 20 feet tall, the Deseret News explained.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2021
• On the other hand, little velociraptors — five of them probably could take a T. rex down.
  — NBC News, 20 June 2018
• Just keep repeating those steps until the position of the velociraptor is the same as the position as the human.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2015
• Humans have to help the two velociraptor robots at the check-in desk when foreign guests arrive by making copies of their passports.
  — Takashi Mochizuki, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2019
• The velociraptor in the fossil below didn't fare too well either after eating a pterosaur, which was likely its last meal.
  — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 9 Mar. 2012
• In addition to massive funding in two Kickstarter campaigns, the game sold through its first print run in retail at the pace of a striking velociraptor.
  — Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2018
• However, the velociraptor would not have crossed paths with either.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 June 2022
• Could an exploding volcano spell extinction all over again for the velociraptors and their friends?
  — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 17 June 2018
• The Tyrannosaurus rex’s small eyes were most adapted for activity during the day, while the velociraptor’s mid-sized eyes would have worked best during twilight hours.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2021
• The velociraptor kitchen scene and the porta-potty tragedy remain quality movie milestones for thousands of fans, along with any scene starring Jeff Goldblum (and his hot body).
  — Peggy Truong, Seventeen, 6 May 2017
• But Pratt and Howard can’t bear to see the dinos die, especially the sweetest, most intelligent velociraptor in the world, Blue, who was raised by Pratt from infancy.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 June 2018
• In one study, scientists at Yale and Harvard were actually able to alter chicken embryos to grow the snouts of velociraptors rather than beaks.
  — Lauren Kent, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
• The raptors featured in the hit science-fiction franchise were based on Deinonychus and are very different from the actual velociraptor, which was roughly the size of a turkey.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2020
• For Dern, that means recalling the preparation that went into her intense velociraptor chase scene.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 12 May 2022
• The track is about a lonely velociraptor, an outcast going through extinction.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 6 Sep 2024