Example Sentences

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Think about what piggies could achieve if they trained their little chompers on the city’s population of invasive plant species.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2023

These aren’t cute little cartoon piggies or E.B.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

The piggies start out as the bad guys, for example, and it feels like Little Red Riding Hood could, in fact, turn into the wolf at any turn.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2018

Anatomist Nikos Solounias and colleagues found the long lost piggies.

From Scientific American • Mar. 24, 2018

“Oh, yes! He always finds what is lost! He has found piggies, and now he finds a great cauldron of wicked doings and brewings! Kind master will honor humble Gurgi!”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander