moth

Example Sentences

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The Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion is back, with up to 30 butterfly and moth species, as well as an assortment of California plants.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

The third is almost like the moth to the flame.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

"Everyone else is like a moth to flame."

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

A classic example often taught in high school biology classes is that of industrial melanism in the peppered moth, a British species tha looks, well, "peppered," with black dots on a mostly white background.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025

“He is not your opponent,” Hector says with a dismissive gesture, the lace cuff of his shirt fluttering like a moth.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern