How to Use spider in a Sentence

spider

noun
Definition of spidernext
  • We watched the spider spin its web.
  • In the grass, the eyes of spiders shine like stars in the light of his headlamp.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
  • Hot-glue the spiders to the yarn balls and hot-glue eyes to the spiders.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Each spider digs its own and spends most of its time there.
    — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Top off the look with a peaked hat or a big fake spider on the back of the cape for extra fun.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Her locs froze, and spiders even built nests in her hair.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 3 May 2024
  • The black widow is the most harmful spider to humans in the state.
    — oregonlive, 18 July 2023
  • Their old school used to have a spider-web-style rope to climb and a pole for sliding down.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Plus, both the spider and eyeball-themed sets have glow-in-the-dark graphics.
    — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • To cure themselves of spider bites, Pliny wrote, deer ate crabs washed up on the beach, and sick goats did the same.
    — Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
  • The wiry Rodia would climb it like a sailor in rigging or a spider in a web.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Tilt the chair over and vacuum the bottom where spiders like to lay their eggs as well as the legs of the chair.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
  • While many spiders are venomous, most do not have strong or long enough fangs to pierce the skin.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 27 May 2024
  • Two of the most common summer bite pests are spiders and ticks.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 25 July 2024
  • Tiny faux spiders decorate the edges of this fun craft.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The show’s star is a dead spider brought back to life using puffs of air to control its legs.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 29 July 2022
  • Complete the look by hot-gluing a spider or two onto the web.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2022
  • And sometimes, as with the spider boss Quelaag, that fire seeps up through the poison gunk.
    — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
  • Wrap the wreath form with white burlap ribbon and attach faux spiders with hot-glue.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Creepy spider bots and quadrupeds with cheetah-print paint jobs scurry across the floor.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022
  • One of the films centers on a spider woman who kills her prey with kisses.
    — Michaela Zee, Variety, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The singer debuted a tattoo of a big spider on their shaved head.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The spider, Dzhos soon saw, was a box that contained a hand crank and some electrical wires.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Two players — Jeanine and Noelle — could not even make it out, as if they were stuck in a spider web.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2022
  • There's a new spider in the mix this year in the Deep South, concentrated in Georgia.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2021
  • See who can put the spider closest to the center of the web—no peeking! Try something new with your jack-o’-lanterns this year.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The device, no bigger than a credit card, had long ago succumbed to the spider web of cracks on its screen.
    — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Upstairs, Shawn runs a six-armed machine that sits like a giant spider at one end of the room.
    — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Even the cheeky appearance of the spider web tattoo on her shoulder looked not-so-spooky in the sunlight.
    — Amanda Curran, Glamour, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Microscopic hairs on bees and spiders seem to aid in sensing, according to work from Robert’s lab.
    — Max G. Levy, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024

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