ant
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
He says he felt like an ant walking into the huge facility on his first day in prison; the guard towers reminded him of skyscrapers.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
He said the target was to double the number of narrow-headed ant nests from 200 to more than 400 at Chudleigh Knighton Heath.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
In his short tenure, Walter ant TWG Global started remaking front office and business operations with the Lakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Wilson’s decades of ant studies eventually broadened into a landmark career in conservation until his death in 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
And I was not alone much longer: into my solitary cell came a small, busy black ant.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
![]()
"All the birds have gone to bed," he said, adding that a flock of seagulls and choughs had been feeding on flying ants shortly before they returned to the cliffs.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
For many years, scientists have focused on haplodiploidy as a possible explanation for why this lifestyle evolved so often in ants, bees and wasps.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Leaving a trail of destruction in their wake are introduced pests: fire ants, cane toads, rabbits, foxes, feral cats.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“We’re ants, we’re nothing,” I remember him saying, sizing up the state of the American left.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
“We follow the ants, because all ants go back to Valmiki.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
![]()