How to Use spider in a Sentence

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  • 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
  • To be a spider, the length of the petals have to be five times longer than width of the flower.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2020
  • 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
  • Go creepy this year and dress your large dog up as a spooky spider.
    — Katey Clifford, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The black widow is the most harmful spider to humans in the state.
    — oregonlive, 18 July 2023
  • Spider-Man isn’t in Kraven the Hunter, but spiders are.
    — James Grebey, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Sure, some people love the scent, but why would a spider?
    — Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The great whip spider boom shows that’s only part of the story.
    — Eric Boodman, Wired, 29 May 2021
  • The home has a big spider web that sprawls out on the lawn starting from the center of the building.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 14 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil and set a spider strainer next to it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 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
  • The students who were afraid thought the spider was much closer.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 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
  • An aphid had flown into a spider web and tried in vain to escape from the sticky threads.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Using a slotted spoon or spider, lift the leeks out of the water and drain.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2021
  • 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
  • Or maybe your spider-sense starts to tingle at the very end of the transaction.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Complete the look by hot-gluing a spider or two onto the web.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2022
  • While the penguin’s journey was awarded with a happy ending, there was likely a less joyous conclusion to the spider’s adventures.
    — Moná Thomas, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • While the youngest member of the Stern family (Brock, 2) couldn’t be there to safely volunteer to remove errant spider webs and dust bunnies, the four did their part to jumpstart a several-day spring cleaning paint project.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025

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