cicada

Example Sentences

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Some people speculated that cicadas, or substances used to get rid of them, were the culprit.

From Washington Post

However unmoored from origins, they still carry within them the old meanings, like a debris of code that resists deletion or a latent brood of cicadas, waiting to surface.

From New York Times

The first, Cicada Symphony, will translate into “a swarm of kids making cicada music,” said Kyle Luntz, an interdisciplinary artist and Beam Center project designer.

From New York Times

At many of the open-air events, the most consistent background noise comes from flocks of cicadas.

From New York Times

However, there have been instances in other areas where people complained of these itchy bites during periodic cicada emergences.

From Washington Post