PORCUPINE in a Sentence

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In danger the porcupine bristles up, the beetle feigns death, the old guard forms in a square; this man burst into laughter.

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 Meanings and Examples of PORCUPINE
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porcupine
 n.  relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
Classic Sentence:
1  I can compare it to nothing but a large door mat, ornamented at the edges with little tinkling tags something like the stained porcupine quills round an Indian moccasin.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
2  Each distant thicket seemed a strange porcupine with quills of flame.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
3  Well, don't make a porcupine of yourself, it isn't becoming.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
4  In danger the porcupine bristles up, the beetle feigns death, the old guard forms in a square; this man burst into laughter.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
Example Sentence:
1  After finishing his apple, the porcupine waddles away, oblivious to the entertainment he's brought us.