lotus-eaters

plural of lotus-eater

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lotus-eaters
Noun
  • Place a piece of 6 x 6-inch piece of cardboard or thin plywood on the garden surface to attract slugs, then check under it every morning.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Down the beach Madam LeFleur stood on the porch of her boardinghouse beating slugs off a yak wool rug.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At least three of the drones were shot down, Warsaw said, with Polish F-16 and Dutch F-35 fighter jets scrambled to respond.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Just as Riyadh turned to Beijing for ballistic missiles that no Western country would sell it, many GCC states did the same when China agreed to sell armed drones when the United States wouldn’t.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The bayous have become a popular breeding ground for intimidating apple snails from South America, which can reach 6 inches in width.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The subject of snails stemmed from Mercier’s long fascination with history and time — snails like alligators predate back to 500 million years ago with the only thing changing are their sizes.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Lotus-eaters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lotus-eaters. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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