CATERPILLAR in a Sentence
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Example sentences for CATERPILLAR, such as:
1. The caterpillars feed on a wide range of trees, shrubs and plants.
2. Roses have this advantage or disadvantage over women, that the traces left upon them by caterpillars are visible.
2. Roses have this advantage or disadvantage over women, that the traces left upon them by caterpillars are visible.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CATERPILLAR
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caterpillar
n. a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
n. a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
Classic Sentence:
1 Why, in truth, sir," was Monte Cristo's reply, "man is but an ugly caterpillar for him who studies him through a solar microscope; but you said, I think, that I had nothing else to do.
2 He appeared of a russet hue, not more distinguishable from the scene around him than the green caterpillar from the leaf it feeds on.
3 We got a splendid stock of sorted spiders, and bugs, and frogs, and caterpillars, and one thing or another; and we like to got a hornet's nest, but we didn't.
4 I have seen it displayed with such success, that I have encountered some fine ladies and gentlemen who might as well have been born caterpillars.
5 Roses have this advantage or disadvantage over women, that the traces left upon them by caterpillars are visible.
Example Sentence:
1 Her eyes immediately met those of a large caterpillar, which was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.
2 The caterpillars feed on a wide range of trees, shrubs and plants.