How to Use tarantula in a Sentence

tarantula

noun
Definition of tarantulanext
  • So, who was the one that was most likely to buy a tarantula?
    — Joey Hayden, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The tarantula's fangs are nearly half an inch long, about a sixth the size of its body.
    — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Why, a tarantula with the same name as their daughter, of course.
    — Iris Goldsztajn, Marie Claire, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Use the open area to your advantage to catch the tarantula!!
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a tarantula creeping up the mesh door of our tent.
    — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The four-legged spidery machine is about the size of a large tarantula.
    — NBC News, 19 June 2017
  • Jeana, no surprise, pops the tarantula on her head like a tiny hat and slays it.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Sure enough, our guide came out, opened his hands and showed us a Chilean rose-haired tarantula.
    — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 25 June 2019
  • The Colombian tarantula, first described in ZooKeys in June, has a unique weapon.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2016
  • Now, Jeff Daniels is the inspiration for the name of a tarantula-killing worm.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Does the camera look a little bit like a tarantula with three eyes?
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Mia ice skates, collects fairy figurines and dotes on her pets — a dog, frogs and a tarantula.
    — Teresa Watanabe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2019
  • How many kinds of tarantulas exist in the United States?
    — Douglas Main, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2016
  • And the theme stuck: Giant tarantulas crawl through the grass, while one is situated on the roof.
    — Madeleine Winer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The tarantula was removed from the program, because of whirring fans.
    — Emma Allen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Another arranged for a live tarantula flown in from Africa to be served as a meal.
    — Time, Time, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Kate held a tarantula, which just so happened to be named Charlotte too!
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Eating tarantula, here are the biggest spiders in the world.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In his hotel room 007 escapes an attempt to kill him with a tarantula in his bed.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • Scientists have known for decades that snakes can fall prey to tarantulas.
    — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 10 Jan. 2017
  • The tarantulas were first taken to a zoo in Seattle and then divided among zoos across the country.
    — Rachel Berry, Cincinnati.com, 3 July 2019
  • For our cover shot of Jake, a tarantula climbed up a thin piece of plexiglass set just a few inches in front of his nose.
    — Shana Naomi Krochmal, EW.com, 1 July 2019
  • The tarantula Not a person, sure, but a living creature nonethelss.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Of course, depending on your feelings about spiders, this may also be the best time to avoid the tarantulas on their trek.
    — Fox News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • Male tarantulas can journey up to a mile, Padilla said.
    — Dylan Miettinen, CNN, 9 Aug. 2019
  • In the western desert tarantula, the male weaves a sperm pouch and uses syringe-like parts of appendages near his mouth to place it in a pouch in the female’s abdomen.
    — National Geographic, 16 Sep. 2017
  • The film included a scene of a giant tarantula awakened by rock ‘n’ roll.
    — Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Guests will also get the chance to set their own booby traps and have a casual meet-and-greet with a real-life tarantula.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Mountain lions, tarantulas, snakes, and tusked pig-like creatures called javelina call the park home, too.
    — Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Jan. 2023
  • So happy vernal equinox — is that a tarantula? — to all who celebrate.
    — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024

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