moth

Example Sentences

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“Oh no, it’s not that. It just feels like it would be wrong. A backward thing. Like… I don’t know… a moth crawling back into its cocoon.”

From Literature

"Other insects, like bees and moths, shiver to increase their heat," Stensmyr said.

From Science Daily

The Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion is back, with up to 30 butterfly and moth species, as well as an assortment of California plants.

From Los Angeles Times

Classic examples include figs and fig wasps and yuccas and yucca moths.

From Science Daily

What is a “moth day”? Maybe I will borrow from Mr. Shawn, an otherwise often-cryptic playwright, and just say that it’s not a synonym for birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal