butterflies
Example Sentences
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That’s especially true of romance readers, who are generally regarded as the social butterflies of the book community.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Data collected over half a century shows many of the UK's most distinctive butterflies are in steep decline.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The wing patterns, front and back, are centered on individual sheets, themselves screen printed to create standardized forms for specimen information and further ornamented with spatter-printed reliefs of butterflies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Yet he was relieved to feel those familiar butterflies on the first tee.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
The pit in my stomach is a cavern and my butterflies are giant flapping warty toads.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
