Sentences with 'bat'
Example sentences and phrases with the word bat and other words derived from it.
• « But a bat in the theatre laughs at us. Its echolocator not only gives it a representative picture of everything in the hall, but it can clearly distinguish the carnation in the conductor's lapel and perhaps, as a sonically very "bright" spot, the lighter in his tailcoat pocket. And all this the bat picks up very much regardless of whether the orchestra plays "con tutti" or sleeps. »
• « The ultrasonic beam of a horseshoe-nosed bat, an ugly critter if ever there was one, has the power, scaled up, of an anti-aircraft searchlight. In a volume of hundreds of cubic metres of empty air, this little monster with wings like umbrellas and ears like eyes can clearly perceive the tiny speck of a moth, which it then tries to invite to a "business lunch" with the guest, like any other menu. »
• « But in anticipation of the moths' wiles, the bat has one last trick: a few random strokes of the wings, to bag the moths. »
• « Like a huge, monstrous bat, the dimorphodon climbed trees, spreading its wings so that the wind currents would help it "take off". »