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

"Everyone else is like a moth to flame."

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

San Diego had little pockets of cultural insurrection that Crowe sought out like a moth to flame.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

Prof Russell Wynn, Director of Wild New Forest, said the Little Arboreal Ladybird's had been found in moth traps across the New Forest but "there were no confirmed British Records prior to this influx".

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

She is a pale, round moth, dusted with eggshell foundation, armed for the day with her banker’s briefcase, purse and remote starter for the leased SUV.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson