Sentence examples for water strider from inspiring English sources
noun
Any of a number of predatory insects in the family , which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water.
A water strider skates upon the brook.
Consider, Wilson suggests, the male water strider.
Brownie tells her that he swallowed a water strider, but she ignores him.
I was afraid of bringing a water strider up to my lips.
A novel conceptual model of boat is developed based on the bionic properties of water strider.
I can't fall back into unconsciousness, like a water strider held aloft on the surface tension of her beautiful stillness.
She reminded him of a water strider that had left the water to scamper about on dry land.
The bug, known as the common water strider, has long legs that repel water, creating dimples whose surface tension keeps the bug afloat.
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To understand why water bends all the rules, think about how an insect – a water strider, say – can zip along the surface of a pond.
An interviewer recently asked me in which particular year of the 1970s my new novel The Last Summer of the Water Strider was set.
