- present tense form of bug (3rd person singular).
bugs
Example Sentences
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Forever, the strategy for fishing with artificial lures has been to “match the hatch”—to replicate the baitfish, bugs and other prey that fish snack on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The government removed the bugs when the war ended, but some wiring was left behind and is now on display at the museum, which opened as part of redevelopment by a property company.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
It’s been a tough time for gold bugs over recent months, but are things about to get better?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Border police at Portugal's Faro airport also told the BBC the Entry Exit System technology suffered from bugs, but insisted any queues there would go down quickly.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
I stood in our new yard, not brown now but lit gray-blue from the full moon, and I listened to the nighttime chorus of singing toads and bugs.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
