butterflies
Example Sentences
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The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering along the California coast continues to remain near historic lows, according to a new annual count.
From Los Angeles Times
She was on the floor of Tía’s apartment, cutting out blue construction paper butterflies for Mariposa while Tía’s telenovelas played across the room.
From Literature
The garden, says Joffe, is a haven for biodiversity, filled with plants that support the full life cycles of butterflies and bees.
From Los Angeles Times
As our train chugged along through Indiana and across Ohio, the sunshine smiling down upon us, I couldn’t stop the butterflies from batting around in my stomach.
From Literature
Decorations featured a giant Lego portrait of her 79-year-old husband, a huge gingerbread White House, thousands of decorative butterflies, and more than 50 Christmas trees in the first holiday season of the president's second term.
From Barron's
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