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
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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
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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
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My heart still races when the velociraptor’s nose is pointed my way.
—Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 31 July 2019
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That's like in Jurassic Park when the velociraptors figured out how to open doors.
—Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
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The answer rhymes with velociraptor or a man in a tractor.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
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And the partial skeleton of a velociraptor hits the auction block.
—CNN, 15 May 2022
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In the former, the horse-sized velociraptors should actually have been the size of dogs.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 12 June 2018
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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
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Instead, the two-legged predator was more akin to velociraptors with sharp teeth and bony eyebrow crests.
—Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 16 Jan. 2018
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Anzu wyliei was a 600-pound cross between an ostrich and a velociraptor.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 6 Oct. 2020
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Pratt starred as Owen Grady, a Navy veteran and velociraptor handler at the theme park.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2022
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First a Tyrannosaurus rex appeared on the table, followed by a velociraptor and a stegosaurus.
—Kate Elizabeth Queram, Howard County Times, 30 Mar. 2018
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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
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Owen, Claire, and an older Maisie have been taking care of a mama velociraptor and her offspring.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2022
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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
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On the other hand, little velociraptors — five of them probably could take a T. rex down.
—NBC News, 20 June 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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However, the velociraptor would not have crossed paths with either.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 June 2022
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Could an exploding volcano spell extinction all over again for the velociraptors and their friends?
—Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 17 June 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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For Dern, that means recalling the preparation that went into her intense velociraptor chase scene.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 12 May 2022
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The track is about a lonely velociraptor, an outcast going through extinction.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2021
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