How to Use tortoise in a Sentence

tortoise

noun
Definition of tortoisenext
  • 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
  • The tortoise was placed on a three-day stray hold at Cara’s House.
    — Maxime Tamsett, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Snoop Dogg, the tortoise, arrived by mail when Will Beger was around nine years old.
    — Eliza Collins, WSJ, 13 July 2023
  • For a billion years we were told a tortoise held four elephants on its back and the elephants held the world.
    — Tishani Doshi, The New Republic, 19 May 2022
  • This is where being the tortoise instead of the hare may be the better path to stable, long-term growth.
    — Jason Hennessey, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2022
  • From tortoise check prints to funky swirls, the era of the avant basics has brought upon many a fun pattern to choose from.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Snakes, a tortoise and a bearded dragon lizard hung out in tanks lining the halls.
    — Joe Barrett, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Inside a classroom, there's a 30-pound tortoise named Norm, a bunny that rides around in a stroller and a school dog.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Or Bertie, the fastest tortoise on record, who was still 70 times slower than the average hare.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Grab them in a neutral shade that will match with your travel wardrobe — think black or tortoise.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The Mojave Desert tortoise lives in areas north and west of the Colorado River.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2021
  • One study found over half of the 360 living turtle and tortoise species are at risk of extinction.
    — Michael Casey, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Amber cloud was the first choice in color, while tortoise shell ranked second.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Inspired by the sea, tortoise shells and conch shells accessorize the living area, while starfish adorn the mantel.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In the photo, Grace stands between Irwin and her dad Chandler Powell, 27, holding out a bunch of greens for a tortoise to munch on.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
  • With a tortoise in tow, the new naturalist will be spending time in the Sunken Garden, ready to answer questions and take suggestions.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2024

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