John swore and struggled, but the old man stuck like a limpet.
"Robert Elsmere" by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Why he've sold hisself to tho'ull Sir Nick, who do stick to un like a limpet to a rock.
"Roger Trewinion" by Joseph Hocking
She fixed herself as firmly on this shelter as a limpet takes hold upon a rock.
"The Dark Tower" by Phyllis Bottome
I am the limpet on the rock.
"The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete" by John Forster
I am the limpet on the rock.
"The Letters of Charles Dickens" by Charles Dickens
The Manx or Gaelic term for a limpet.
"The Sailor's Word-Book" by William Henry Smyth
East Cape consists of a few walrus-hide huts which cling like limpets to the face of a cliff overhanging the Straits.
"From Paris to New York by Land" by Harry de Windt
I sat beside her and annoyed a limpet.
"Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914" by Various
None could climb like he, and he clung as firmly to the edges of the rocks as a limpet.
"Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" by Hans Christian Andersen
A limpet on a rock is nothing to this baby.
"Lotus Buds" by Amy Carmichael
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Kind of like the way the limpet 's shell provides protection.
Limpet 's reputation is another thing the company has going for it, when it comes to generating business.
So Limpet 's runs are both long and short, and while most of the customers are local to the UK, there's some export business as well.
"Goes Like a Flash Grips the Road Like a Limpet .".
Blu-ray review: 'The Incredible Mr Limpet .
From gastronomy to conservation to evolutionary biology, we pry the secrets out of these little limpets.
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