How to Use praying mantis in a Sentence
praying mantis
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Wembanyama, for his part, has been likened to a praying mantis.
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Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
25 Dec. 2025
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And there, on the screen, was another praying mantis.
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Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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While copulating, female praying mantises often kill their mates and eat them.
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Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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What is worth seeing here is the 40-foot-tall praying mantis sculpture at the entrance whose antennae spew fire each evening at sundown.
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Mindy Sink,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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And yes, people can show up with all sorts of pets some days, including guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens, lizards, snakes, a praying mantis, brine shrimp, rats, and ferrets.
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Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The fourth species – Insectoids – reportedly resemble a praying mantis and are bug-like beings.
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Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2026
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The leg design of SCAMP is reminiscent of many climbing insects, from daddy longlegs to the praying mantis, and that’s no accident.
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IEEE Spectrum,
16 Mar. 2016
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Besides carnivorous snake-trees, majestic candlehawks, and various glittering quasi-insects, the Scythian biome includes a species called the basket-men, who look like a cross between great apes and praying mantises.
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Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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