PORCUPINE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PORCUPINE, such as:
1. Well, don't make a porcupine of yourself, it isn't becoming.
2. Each distant thicket seemed a strange porcupine with quills of flame.
3. After finishing his apple, the porcupine waddles away, oblivious to the entertainment he's brought us.
2. Each distant thicket seemed a strange porcupine with quills of flame.
3. After finishing his apple, the porcupine waddles away, oblivious to the entertainment he's brought us.
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Meanings and Examples of PORCUPINE
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porcupine
n. relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
Classic Sentence:
1 I can compare it to nothing but a large door mat, ornamented at the edges with little tinkling tags something like the stained porcupine quills round an Indian moccasin.
2 Each distant thicket seemed a strange porcupine with quills of flame.
3 Well, don't make a porcupine of yourself, it isn't becoming.
4 In danger the porcupine bristles up, the beetle feigns death, the old guard forms in a square; this man burst into laughter.
Example Sentence:
1 After finishing his apple, the porcupine waddles away, oblivious to the entertainment he's brought us.