- present tense form of bug (3rd person singular).
bugs
Example Sentences
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While vast clouds of flying bugs might not be everyone's cup of tea, scientists have been delighted to find that the Bogongs are back.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Bats are invaluable in agriculture, gorging on pests that target crops — corn earworms, brown stink bugs, cucumber beetles and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The organisation says that warm and dry weather has produced "ideal conditions" for the bugs, with as much as 30% of the UK crop between now and the end of October set to be wasted.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“It was pretty much just fight bugs, fight reptiles,” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Sometimes, though, they would hang around what would have been their bus stop if they had one, smoking cigars and starting fights and telling little kids that the bus was full of bugs.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
