How to Use turtle in a Sentence

turtle

noun
Definition of turtlenext
  • That’s the soft part of the design while the back of the A9 is like a turtle’s shell.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The pattern and width of the crawl marks tells a lot about the turtle.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • There’s a lot more meat on a gator than on a turtle, too.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Feed the ducks and turtles at North Pond while taking the doodle on a walk and the kids to the park.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Which gives a turtle an idea: to put on a helmet and act like a race car.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
  • And style there will be, given that it's shaped like a tera-turtle.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Now, the amputee turtle has a safe home and plenty of new friends.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • For the evening out, Holland donned a light gray suit and black turtle neck, matched with black boots.
    — Alexia Fernández, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Paved paths wind through the trees and partially around the 4½ acre lake, which draws geese, ducks and turtles.
    — Barbara Ruben, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The video ends in the midst of the struggle, with the goose attempting to flap its way to safety, towing the turtle across the pond in the process.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The resort is home to about 60 wildlife species such as flamingos, turtles, and koi fish.
    — Karen Cicero, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Don’t kiss or snuggle your turtle, and don’t eat or drink around it.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Along the way, she is helped by a turtle, a peacock, a monkey, a panda and some fish.
    — Wendy Dunn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Legend has it that he was inspired by the pattern of veins on a turtle.
    — Joyce Kinkead, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2022
  • In 1752, a local man sailed to the West Indies and sent home to Newport a giant turtle and a keg of limes.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The growth pattern on each turtle’s shell depends on its species.
    — Celia Ford, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The turtle, named Hard Hat, lives in the building department.
    — cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Hopefully, the turtles can keep us even a little safer in the future.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Its turtle design neckline adds a touch of unique class.
    — Kathy Barr, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
  • To my surprise the turtle turned its head and gazed directly into the camera as if to check me out.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2024
  • One of them was a turtle species that lived 83 million years ago, AL.com reported.
    — Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Fox thought about how this turtle, likely decades before, had made it down the beach, and then managed to survive.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Teenagers, mutants, ninjas, and turtles were cool once again.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Restaurants throughout the city served terrapin steaks and turtle soup.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The Alaïa floor-length dress includes a turtle neck and long sleeves that feature baby blue fur on her forearms.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The Living Coast staff moved Sapphire to the shallow ray and shark touch pool and began the process of getting the turtle into her wetsuit.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Then there's the cheesecake menu that features a range of flavors, from cinnamon to turtle crunch.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 July 2023
  • Usually that fish is a catfish, though turtles and rough fish like carp may also be caught by hand in some states.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Plastic bags are often mistaken for jellyfish by leatherback turtles and consumed.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
  • While snorkeling, other marine marvels include Great Barracudas and graceful leatherback turtles, to dozens of other fish.
    — Claire Volkman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024

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