Words similar to tortoise

Example sentences for: tortoise

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

Or perhaps a tethered parakeet, sacrificial tortoise, or Judas rabbit?
In the next courtyard, the Mul Chowk, there are two outstanding examples of 17th-century Newari metalwork, tall bronze reliefs of the goddesses Ganga (standing on a crocodile) and Jamuna (standing on a tortoise).
When Williams addresses the child as his noble patron ("my Lord") and alludes to the old myth of the tortoise that supports the universe, he slyly introduces the underlying weight of civilization and history into the interchange between him and the child.
In a long accompanying profile, Starr says he is the "tortoise" to Clinton's "hare."
Suddenly, an enormous black shadow passes over the desert, and large rubber tortoises with small bird heads emerge from a spaceship shaped like a large rubber tortoise foot and kill the archaeologist.