How do you use Spiny in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like spinous or thorny, plus the exact meaning.
Spiny in a sentence
Spiny meaning
- Covered in spines or thorns.
- Troublesome; difficult or vexing.
- Like a spine in shape; slender.
Synonyms of Spiny
Using Spiny
- The main meaning on this page is: Covered in spines or thorns. | Troublesome; difficult or vexing. | Like a spine in shape; slender.
- Useful related words include: spinous, thorny, setaceous, setose.
- In the example corpus, spiny often appears in combinations such as: the spiny, spiny neurons, and spiny.
Context around Spiny
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spiny
- In this selection, "spiny" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sell, waxy, book, creatures, fish and terrain stand out and add context to how "spiny" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against the spiny brute should and also some spiny stellate cells. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spiny" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spiny
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also, some spiny stellate cells can be found here. (9 words)
Walleye sports two dorsal fins, one spiny and one soft-rayed. (11 words)
A few species can creep very slowly by using spiny defensive zooids as legs. (14 words)
The zoo includes six species of lizards and a total of 53 individuals: the desert monitor, the spiny-tailed lizard, the wonder gecko, the Sudan plated lizard, the green iguana, and the covered chameleon. (34 words)
Until recently it was illegal to catch spiny dogfish in UK waters, but if it accidentally finds its way into nets used to catch other fish it can now be sold as 'bycatch'. (33 words)
At the base of the claws are three to six spiny "cushions" on which the leg sits in its resting position and on which the animal walks over smooth substrates. (30 words)
Pick up a copy of his book "Spiny Succulents and get it signed, while you're there! (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
A better etymology perhaps is from Latin sudis, plural sudes, "spines", which can be used of spiny fish or spiny terrain.
Back before the first sea urchin die-off, Levitan recalled seeing reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands blanketed in the spiny creatures.
In terms of real seahorses, the long-snouted and spiny creatures can be found along the north coast of Northern Ireland but not close to Belfast.
It’s recommended that you wear pants as devils club is a spiny prickly plant that makes up the understory in these forests.
The closed season is to give lobsters a chance to breed and repopulate, and during the period, it is illegal to catch, buy or sell spiny lobsters.
The spiny-cheek crayfish is native to the US but was introduced to Europe where the climate is more moderate.
A striking species, the spiny oakworm moth boasts a pink-orange body and wings, bright white solitary spot on each wing and black freckles on the wings.
The plant's waxy, spiny leaves resemble holly but with a different pattern, and it flowers mainly in the autumn/winter with distinctive yellow flowers and berries.
Walleye sports two dorsal fins, one spiny and one soft-rayed.
At 11.1 miles long, the gorge is the longest in Europe and well worth the hike – even to see a Cretan badger or a spiny mouse.
Pick up a copy of his book "Spiny Succulents and get it signed, while you're there!
The zoo includes six species of lizards and a total of 53 individuals: the desert monitor, the spiny-tailed lizard, the wonder gecko, the Sudan plated lizard, the green iguana, and the covered chameleon.
HD symptoms include severe motor, cognitive, and psychiatric impairments that result from dysfunction and later degeneration of medium-sized spiny neurons (MSNs) in the striatum.
However, African spiny mice are precocial, meaning that they are born mostly able to care for themselves.
Participants were trained in a wide range of areas including spiny lobster biology and aquaculture; animal supply and seedstock selection; as well as food preparation.
Until recently it was illegal to catch spiny dogfish in UK waters, but if it accidentally finds its way into nets used to catch other fish it can now be sold as 'bycatch'.
Hunters looking for an edge against the spiny brute should equip themselves with Thunder-type weapons, which are Nergigante’s only weakness.
A few species can creep very slowly by using spiny defensive zooids as legs.
Also, some spiny stellate cells can be found here.
At the base of the claws are three to six spiny "cushions" on which the leg sits in its resting position and on which the animal walks over smooth substrates.
Common combinations with spiny
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the spiny 6×
- spiny neurons 5×
- and spiny 4×
- medium spiny 4×
- of spiny 3×
- spiny bristles 3×
- or spiny 2×
- spiny creatures 2×
- spiny lobsters 2×
- spiny and 2×