moth
Example Sentences
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The third is almost like the moth to the flame.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
"Everyone else is like a moth to flame."
From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025
Fiona Hutchings, 47, said jaws around her dropped when the "flash of green" that flew past turned out to be a forester moth.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2025
A classic example often taught in high school biology classes is that of industrial melanism in the peppered moth, a British species tha looks, well, "peppered," with black dots on a mostly white background.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025
The moth fluttered over his head like it was laughing at him.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
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