How to Use scorpion in a Sentence

scorpion

noun

• Right Now: Shiv and Tom Ah, the scorpion and the snake.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 May 2023
• This curve of stars marks the scorpion’s tail and stinger.
  — Dean Regas, Cincinnati.com, 10 June 2020
• Your heart has no depths, like the scorpion who crawls to the bottom of the ocean.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 5 Dec. 2023
• The stars in Scorpius form the shape of a fishhook or the letter J. This is the body and tail of the scorpion.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
• The very thought of getting close to a scorpion may sound scary to some.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2021
• And just above the southern horizon lurks the heart of the scorpion, a red star named Antares.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 23 June 2020
• Dust drifted in through gaps in the walls; scorpions crawled up through gaps in the floors.
  — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• For the grand and notable lion, the scorpion seems to be a small feat.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
• There are about 2,500 species of scorpions on earth, and the size and shape of their tails vary widely.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 Apr. 2017
• There will be drinks like scorpion bowls and punch bowls, a pig roast, or build-your-own tacos.
  — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022
• And in March, a scorpion stung a woman on a flight in Canada.
  — Tara Law, Time, 8 Dec. 2019
• The lawsuit says the child suffered from scorpion bites in his bed.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 25 Jan. 2023
• Just to the left of the scorpion stands Sagittarius the Archer who has his bow firmly aimed at Antares.
  — Dean Regas, Cincinnati.com, 10 June 2020
• In the first, the scorpion promises not to hurt the frog during the crossing, then stings him anyway.
  — Jon Mooallem, WIRED, 22 May 2017
• And for spider bites, some say that the bite from a wind scorpion leaves a gaping, gangrenous hole all the way to the bone.
  — Jeremy Hillpot, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2023
• There’s a tattoo of scorpion on the inside of her right forearm and a seahorse on the left.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 25 Nov. 2021
• Yeo Yeo told us the mind is a crazy monkey being chased by a scorpion.
  — Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 9 Aug. 2019
• The scorpions grant him entry to a tunnel that the sun passes through each night.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
• Rossi ate three cooked scorpions and a bullfrog in one challenge, and Daly milked a camel.
  — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 21 Feb. 2018
• Will Cersei now how to let Jon and Dany borrow the Scorpion?
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 21 Aug. 2017
• The story goes like this: A scorpion is at the edge of a river and asks a passing frog to ferry it across.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 22 June 2024
• Dozens of scorpion stings are reported in the area each year.
  — New York Times, 15 Nov. 2021
• There are scorpions and rats among them, and an unknown number of men with guns.
  — Rana F. Sweis and Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 30 June 2016
• This isn't the first time that a scorpion has made its way onto a flight without a ticket.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2019
• Prior to the walk, attendees will have a chance to learn more about scorpions.
  — Laura Latzko, azcentral, 25 May 2018
• And yet the office is fossilized, like a gift-shop lollipop with a scorpion wedged inside, stuck in the time of pants.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 24 July 2023
• Unlike the Hadza, who sleep around the fire or in grass huts, I was given a tent and told to zip it up tight as there were scorpions and snakes about.
  — Tim Spector, CNN, 5 July 2017
• The restaurant provides a range of heat and flavors, from the mild and tangy ghost pepper sauce to the fiery scorpion pepper and lime.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2017
• Like, stink bugs and cockroaches, scorpions, ticks, bees, beetles and borers and aphids, snails and mice and voles.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024
• In books that teem with danger—snakes, scorpions, shipwrecks, plane crashes, house fires—the chief hazard to children is adults who want to control them.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024