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Example sentences for: tortoise

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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).
In a long accompanying profile, Starr says he is the "tortoise" to Clinton's "hare."
The central Kasumigaike (Misty Lake) is the most attractive of the ponds, graced by its Tortoise Shell Island — the tortoise being much favored by the Japanese as a symbol of long life.
Or perhaps a tethered parakeet, sacrificial tortoise, or Judas rabbit?
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.