bee

Example Sentences

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It’s a tribute to the elderly, the anonymous worker bee explains.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Allen has only used the procedure 32 times - "rest assured, we will not stop the show for a bee sting" - but it is now becoming the industry standard.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

A lot of them had excelled in school: We talked to a boy that had just won a spelling bee, for example.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

In 1992, Vice President Dan Quayle corrected a 12-year-old spelling bee contestant on camera, incorrectly instructing him to add the letter “e” onto the end of the word “potato.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

A you don't even know what a turnip is bee.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds