mantis - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • pray: Praying mantis - Not tonight dear, I've got a headache.
  • prey: Still think she should have let the preying mantis have him.

Modifies a noun

  • shrimp: Of the 350 known species of mantis shrimps only two are found in British waters.
  • position: Get good size booties, the front of them should be taut from toe to knee when in the mantis position.

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