How to Use toad in a Sentence
toad
noun
- He's such a mean little toad.
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Once the toad is dead, dispose of it in the trash; do not bury it.
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Jay Cannon,
USA TODAY,
12 June 2020
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The survival of a rare and tiny toad species near Laramie, Wyo.
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Zekriah Chaudhry,
Twin Cities,
5 July 2019
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His eyes flicked from toad to mirror to blind spots and back to the road.
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Sarah Weinman,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2022
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But this is the first time a toad has been found to mimic a snake.
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Munyaradzi Makoni,
Science | AAAS,
20 Oct. 2019
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To give them the best shot at life, the researchers even trained some of the quolls not to eat toads.
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Matt Warren,
Science | AAAS,
5 June 2018
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The job that lends the toads their informal name is done by the male.
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Tim Flannery,
The New York Review of Books,
9 May 2019
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Frogs and toads still trill, peep, croak, and creak in ponds and wetlands.
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Bulletin Board,
Twin Cities,
30 Apr. 2017
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The seas are warming at a rate that could boil alive the proverbial toad.
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Meghan O'Gieblyn,
Wired,
6 Jan. 2022
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The abused little girl has a pet toad, not a pet turtle.
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New York Times,
11 Dec. 2021
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An old myth says that touching a toad will give you warts.
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Jackson Landers,
Smithsonian,
10 Feb. 2017
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At first, the video shows two glowing eyes on what appears to be a toad.
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Gina Martinez,
CBS News,
11 May 2023
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Adrianne: The one about me bringing a toad into the house?
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Olivia McCormack,
Washington Post,
17 June 2023
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Snap goes the twig, flinging the tiny toad onto the limb of a tree, where he’s startled by a bird.
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Meghan Cox Gurdon,
WSJ,
16 Mar. 2018
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The first step in the cure is hanging a toad upside down in a chimney for three days.
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Alex Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2020
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Hike around wetlands of Shor Park and look and listen for frogs, toads and more.
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Luann Gibbs,
Cincinnati.com,
11 Apr. 2018
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The male Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus) can mate like mad every year—for about two weeks.
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Patricia Edmonds,
National Geographic,
17 June 2019
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The ants then swarmed the toads, killing half of them almost instantly.
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Discover Magazine,
14 Oct. 2024
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There are two toad and 12 frog species native to Michigan.
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Perry A. Farrell,
Detroit Free Press,
15 Jan. 2018
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But the toads could not climb cane plants to reach the insects and are now a thriving pest species themselves.
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Erin Biba,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2017
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Took a little toad trip since it’s been a while being behind the wheel.
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Kelly Corbett,
House Beautiful,
28 Sep. 2020
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Seen from underneath, the toad has a pale stomach and pink thighs.
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
26 July 2024
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Each August, adult midwife toads in the French Pyrenees climb out of their birth lakes for the first time.
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Matthew Fisher,
National Geographic,
10 May 2018
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When in flight, the deep warbling call of the nighthawk could easily be confused as a toad.
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Ernie Cowan,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
16 June 2017
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Three green frogs and an American toad now call it home.
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Cori Brown,
baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll,
17 Apr. 2021
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Three toads were found pregnant with between 38 and 96 eggs.
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2024
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Just a quick, investigative lick of the toad's back can be fatal to a dog.
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Madeleine Marr,
miamiherald,
6 June 2018
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In May 2016, the scientists retraced their steps with Robin Moore to find and photograph the toad in the wild.
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Discover Staff,
Discover Magazine,
24 May 2016
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The toad sits next to a replica of Piltdown Man in the exhibition.
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Daniel T. Ksepka,
Scientific American,
1 Dec. 2023
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This can include snakes, salamanders, box turtles, toads and rodents.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
6 Oct. 2024
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