How to Use tortoise in a Sentence

tortoise

noun
Definition of tortoisenext
  • But the hare couldn’t stick the landing, and the tortoise reigned supreme.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Xavier wants to be the hare, Iowa State wants to be the tortoise.
    — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This isn't the first tortoise to lose its way this year.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • In one scene, Hart and Wahlberg are tasked to give mouth-to-mouth to a tortoise.
    — Amy Nicholson, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Any tortoise will tell you: Slow and steady wins the race.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 15 June 2021
  • The tortoise was placed on a three-day stray hold at Cara’s House.
    — Maxime Tamsett, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Think of this like the classic folk story about the tortoise and the hare.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2021
  • There's more than one way that a tortoise can beat a hare.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Dad will be the coolest guy at the beach with these tortoise shell sunnies.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The design stays true to the classics and comes in glassy black or tortoise shell.
    — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 July 2023
  • The tortoise shell shades were classy and his hair was wrapped in a loose bun that served as the crown fit for a king.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Investing often feels like the old tale of the tortoise and the hare.
    — Chris Taylor, wsj.com, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There was just nowhere to go and no safe way to transport a 150-pound tortoise.
    — Ilana Keller, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Most props that promise to lunge and jump end up moving with the spunk of a tortoise in a race.
    — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Surrounded by the city, the tortoise cannot move to a new habitat on its own.
    — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Comfy enough to wear out of the box, the style is available for 30% off in the tortoise shell design.
    — Chloe Irving, Health.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • As the weather warms up, turtles and tortoises are on the move.
    — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 23 June 2023
  • When Vamstad saw the tortoise, the park had only been closed for two months.
    — NBC News, 16 May 2020
  • Arizona Game and Fish has a lengthy guide of what foods are best for your new tortoise.
    — Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 12 Oct. 2020
  • The tortoise, who turned out to be a female named Ty, had been missing for three and a half years.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a quote somewhere about the passage of time, maybe said by a wise tortoise.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
  • This means that all the acreage at The Lonesome Tortoise Ranch must be tortoise-proofed.
    — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Snoop Dogg, the tortoise, arrived by mail when Will Beger was around nine years old.
    — Eliza Collins, WSJ, 13 July 2023
  • Gotta get all scrubbed and shined up for the week, like this very satisfied tortoise.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The tortoise was tired, hungry and caked in mud, but seems to be in good health after his odyssey.
    — David Williams, CNN, 22 Aug. 2020
  • For a billion years we were told a tortoise held four elephants on its back and the elephants held the world.
    — Tishani Doshi, The New Republic, 19 May 2022
  • Unisex sizing fits ages 8 to 11 and comes in red and tortoise.
    — Ana Sanchez, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2021
  • This is where being the tortoise instead of the hare may be the better path to stable, long-term growth.
    — Jason Hennessey, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2022
  • The pieces made of cotton and linen included prints of four celestial elements a dragon, a tiger, a tortoise and a bird.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
  • With lifespans often exceeding 150 years, these tortoises are among the longest-living land animals on Earth.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024

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