cicala

Example Sentences

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A cicala in the grass outside began his evening note of challenge.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

A silence fell upon the party, so profound that the cicala in the dry hedge shrilled to pierce the ear.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Not a sound to be heard, save the incessant motion of the fan, which is, to this season, what is the cicala to the hot hour of noon.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

Thyrsis, let honey and the honeycomb Fill thy sweet mouth, and figs of Ægilus: For ne'er cicala trilled so sweet a song.

From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus

The cicala sang in the flower of the pomegranate, the frog sang by the pond.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace