butterflies
Example Sentences
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She was such a beautiful person who loved butterflies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The population dwindled to about 1,000 butterflies in the 1970s, when it was named an endangered species.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
When she isn’t filming the daily soap opera, which airs on Peacock, Hall enjoys raising monarch butterflies, exploring the shops and restaurants on Montana, and hosting movie nights at home with her two sons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
But now it's one of the rarest of all British butterflies, with it numbers declining by 62% since 1970.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I dusted the powdery corpses of half a dozen dead butterflies off a cement bench and lay down on the quad under the moonlight for a while, contemplating my sisters and our rebelliousness.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
