Example Sentences

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Roaches can be found in every state in the country.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2022

Skog Geffre says she didn’t know who the Roaches were at the time and now they’re on better terms.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2019

Ray Mendez provided 5,000 cockroaches for the 1996 comedy Joe’s Apartment and 20,000 of the insects for the Death by Roaches scene in the 1982 horror film Creepshow.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2019

Roaches, he explained, have back legs with “really intimidating spines,” comparing them to “a spiked club that you use for self-defense.”

From Fox News • Oct. 31, 2018

Roaches scattered at the sound of our approach.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros