Instead of being nocturnal in its habits, as other toads are, and living in obscure recesses, it crawls about over dry hillocks and arid plains during the day, where not a single drop of water can be found.
Toads have been repeatedly discovered in a similar situation, embedded in blocks of stone, or in the very heart of trees.
Pulverized toads were not only employed in medicine with supposed advantage, but were also considered a slow but certain poison.
The older people were enjoying the magnificent view; but Bab and Lucy were looking for the twotoads who had been seen going up to the castle together, the well toad taking the lame toad's foot in his mouth.
He just took his friend's lame foot in his mouth, and the two toadshopped along together!
The crickets and tree-toads were beginning their night songs.
The last vestige of daylight disappeared, the chirping of the crickets became louder, the tree-toads croaked with stronger voices, and it was night in the valley of Cardiff.
Lord Donald, as Kinloch remarks, would seem to have been poisoned by eating toads prepared as fishes.
Then for their life ye sair shall dree: Ye sall be hangit on a tree, 70 Or thrown into the poison'd lake, To feed the toadsand rattle-snake.
The toad replied, “Just put one of my little toads in it.
Down among the toads an ideal family episode is enacted.
When you get into the cavern you will find an immense hole, which you must go down, and it is full of toads and snakes; at the bottom of this hole there is another little cave, in which rises the Fountain of Health and Beauty.
Toads are sometimes kept for pets, and they are not lacking in intelligence.
If he is frightened he can defend himself with this liquid, which is harmless to the hands, but probably bitter and disagreeable to the taste, since dogs and cats show signs of discomfort after taking toads in their mouths.
In the spring the toads go back to the shore of the pond.
Toads are not only harmless, but they are our very good friends.
Young toads are very sensitive to heat, and secrete themselves in cool places during the day.
Toads eat the common house-fly, which is such an annoyance to us.
Then she put thetoads into the clean water, and a green tinge immediately came over it.
When we first came here" remarked Tom, "mother could not sleep for the noise they and the tree-toads made.
I thought you said the little tree-toads made it, uncle.
Both his uncles tipped him that once, of course; but at his aunt Pullet's there were a great many toads to pelt in the cellar-area, so that he preferred the visit to her.
The toads to croak, and snakes to hiss: Then grievously she fears.
There are no mosquitoes as yet, but burly May-chafers come stupidly dashing against our tent, and the toads are piping merrily.
B] The storm does not break, but the bending tree-tops crone, and toads innumerable rend the air with their screaming whistles.
Very often it is toads and caterpillars--only they don't ride in the sun-bonnet at the same time, because I have learned toads like to eat caterpillars for breakfast.
The reason I like to wear the papa's big coat is because it has pockets in it--big ones--nice ones to put toads and mice and caterpillars and beetles in.
The toxicity of the venom of toads was long ago demonstrated by the experiments of Gratiolet and Cloëz.
Believe me, princess, when the toads croak in broad daylight, it betokens an approaching misfortune.
Then he caught a glimpse of a mossy log, with a row of frogs and toadssitting upon it.
The toads look like lumps of dirt, so that they may not be too readily snapped up by birds of prey.
In a moment there was a rustling among the dry leaves and dozens of frogs and toads were seen hurrying towards the pine tree.
Does it seem to you that the human animal is so clever as it might be, when it allows such numbers of toads to be destroyed?
The toads are making their spring visit to the pond to lay their eggs," thought the boy.
Perhaps you can explain why you made a bonfire the very week after the toads came out of their winter-quarters.
In the meantime wicked old Yezibaba had cooked a disgusting mess of toads which she told Ludmila to carry out to the serving man for his dinner.
It is true your mistress cooked you a mess of toads for your dinner but, see, I have thrown them away and have brought you my own dinner instead.
She took three toads with her, and kissed them, saying to the first, "When Eliza comes to bathe seat yourself upon her head, that she may become as stupid as you are.
As Eliza dipped her head under the water one of the toads sat on her hair, a second on her forehead, and a third on her breast.
We believe that naturalists are now agreed that such appearances of toads imprisoned for long periods are deceptive.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "toads" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
