grasshopper

Example Sentences

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The researchers partnered with farmers in Senegal who regularly face outbreaks of the Senegalese grasshopper.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026

"If someone reported us, we'd pick up the food and run, like a grasshopper," he said.  

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

Ground-nesting birds, such as the diminutive grasshopper sparrow, are more elusive.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

There’s a touch of the surreal about his work: Disparate characters and illogical sizes are grouped together, as when a hugely scaled grasshopper faces a smiling dog.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

They probably didn’t have any toppings here except for the grasshopper.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata