Example Sentences

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While hard-bodied crabs can remain intact when desiccated, soft-bodied invertebrates fare worse.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2023

Named for their distinctive three-lobed body, these armored, pill-bug-like arthropods were some of the first hard-bodied animals on Earth.

From Scientific American • Jun. 3, 2022

In a world of hard-bodied superheroes, there’s something so refreshing about a man attempting a very stupid feat and expressing just how much it hurts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2022

While the adult crabs are free-living and hard-bodied, juvenile coconut crabs have a soft hindbody and live within the snail shells.

From New York Times • May 23, 2011

The aim is to introduce the hazel-eyed, hard-bodied and magnificently bouffanted Hindi superstar Hrithik Roshan to a western audience.

From The Guardian • May 20, 2010