SCORPION in a Sentence

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1. The sting of a scorpion is a thousand times more hurtful than the scratch of a brier.
2. To abruptly find such a secret in the midst of one's happiness resembles the discovery of a scorpion in a nest of turtledoves.

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 Meanings and Examples of SCORPION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
scorpion
 n.  any one of numerous species of pulmonate arachnids of the order Scorpiones
Classic Sentence:
1  To abruptly find such a secret in the midst of one's happiness resembles the discovery of a scorpion in a nest of turtledoves.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE OBSCURITIES WHICH A REVELATION CAN CONTAIN
2  The drops which lashed her face were not scorpions, but prosy rain; Egdon in the mass was no monster whatever, but impersonal open ground.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 8 Rain, Darkness, and Anxious Wanderers
Example Sentence:
1  The sting of a scorpion is a thousand times more hurtful than the scratch of a brier.
2  Swooping in for the hunt, the long-eared bat takes on the deadly deathstalker scorpion on foot;this scorpion's venom is so strong it is capable of killing a human.