butterflies
Example Sentences
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White-letter hairstreak butterflies are hard to spot, as they fly around the tops of tall elm trees.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
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
The monitoring programme, the largest of its kind in the world, has tracked butterflies across more than 7,600 sites, with volunteers walking the equivalent of 40 times around the globe.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
But butterflies whose lifecycles are tied to specific habitats, such as woodland clearings or chalk grasslands, are struggling.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
I’ve got butterflies doing cartwheels inside my stomach at the thought of standing up in front of the whole class.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
