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Example sentences for: cactus

How can you use “cactus” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It may surprise anyone whose mind's eye sees the typical Hispanic as a man in a funny hat sleeping in the shade of a saguaro cactus to learn that Spanish can express with one word the concept of `getting up early in the morning.
Now, 12 years later, the aviation pioneer is picking cactus spines out of his face, the latest casualty of the world's most pointless competition.
The Mexica Aztecs traveled south under the guidance of the god Huitzilopochtli, who advised them to look for an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus, devouring a serpent.
Luckily another single-crop opportunity presented itself in the form of cochineal, a parasitic insect attracted to the opuntia variety of cactus.
Jim Dorsey, an officer of Cactus Produce - the Scottsdale, Ariz., farm-labor contractor that employs the crew - said company policy requires that incidents of pesticide exposure be reported immediately.