ant

Example Sentences

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Some bees, wasps, and ants deliver extremely painful but non-lethal stings, while others inflict minimal pain despite possessing highly toxic venom.

From Science Daily

"It should help to identify all terminally-sick ant pupae but be precise enough to avoid triggering the unpacking of healthy pupae or those capable of overcoming the infection with their own immune system."

From Science Daily

Like a cat stalking an ant, Woo starts climbing up a nearby tree— his eyes trained onto the insect.

From Literature

“Look at them all! They keep coming, like ants at a picnic. I want nothing to do with it, if you please,” she exclaimed, and waddled off to inspect her tulip garden once more.

From Literature

The servants streamed out from the house like ants to remove Lady Constance’s many floral-upholstered trunks from the carriage.

From Literature