How to Use ladybug in a Sentence

ladybug

noun
Definition of ladybugnext
  • Like, the spiders can live here and the ants can live here and the ladybugs upstairs could live there.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The tattoo is of hearts, a G clef, a peace sign, a ladybug and an apple.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2022
  • In many places, ladybugs are believed to be omens of good luck.
    — Susan Pransky, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The tiny ladybug also is meant to bring good luck to their next chapter.
    — Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The tiny specks that appeared on the screen turned out to be a swarm of ladybugs, or what's known as a ladybug bloom.
    — Tainaya Nash, House Beautiful, 7 June 2019
  • The oldest and youngest were twin zebras; Dorothy and the Tin Man; a ladybug and a bumblebee.
    — Elisabeth Egan, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2018
  • Princess Leonore made an adorable ladybug for a portrait shared by mom Princess Madeleine in 2015.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022
  • When a ladybug takes flight, its wings spring open within a tenth of a second—faster than a blink of an eye.
    — Popular Science, 15 Apr. 2020
  • For this design, just draw a ladybug pattern with a black paint pen on a pink dyed egg.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 28 Mar. 2023
  • If your pet is drooling or foaming at the mouth, look for these ladybugs.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 3 Nov. 2016
  • Luckily, so are ladybugs, which prey on aphids and keep them in check.
    — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • Slowly, the ladybugs speckled my arms and legs with a Lily Pulitzer-like pattern.
    — Gogo Lidz, Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2015
  • Kids get bug-like goggles along with a map to introduce them to the bees, ladybugs, ants and spiders in the garden.
    — Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Those who attend will be able to paint ladybugs and mandalas.
    — Courant Community, 31 July 2017
  • Kids should wear red and pink and come dressed as a ladybug for the Ladybug Costume Contest.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The swarm of insects was so large that Cleveland 19 News picked it up on their weather radar, just like the ladybug bloom that took place a couple of weeks ago.
    — Tainaya Nash, House Beautiful, 2 July 2019
  • In June, a swarm of ladybugs moved through San Diego County and was registered on weather radar.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Its antennae had round orange and black tips that looked like tiny ladybugs on top.
    — Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Sep. 2019
  • These ladybugs are mostly seen on pines, oaks, elms and other common trees.
    — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Driving my little red car on this road was like sending a ladybug across a waffle.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2018
  • By a front entrance, there was a Comme des Garçons jacket festooned with a furry ladybug pattern priced at a cool $5,023.
    — Michael Corkery, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
  • He and his team tried several methods to figure out how the ladybug folded its wing.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
  • The San Francisco 49ers all-pro receiver happened to look at his feet and noticed that a ladybug was attached to one of his cleats.
    — USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The state is actually known for its hearty ladybug population, and June tends to be a good time to see them in action.
    — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 6 June 2019
  • In a spray of gunfire, a 7-year-old girl, dressed as a ladybug, and trick-or-treating with her family, was shot in the chest and neck, CBS Chicago reported.
    — CBS News, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The cows sported baseball caps, Hawaii shirts, sunglasses, ladybug wings and more.
    — USA TODAY, 1 July 2019
  • Aphids may descend on your garden, for instance, but so too will the ladybugs that keep their population in check.
    — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
  • And as Sarah Knapton at The Telegraph reports, researchers have long puzzled over how ladybugs can fold their wings up so tightly.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
  • Aphids and other pests are kept under control with ladybugs.
    — OregonLive.com, 7 July 2017
  • Some cultures believe that ladybugs bring luck and good fortune.
    — Tainaya Nash, House Beautiful, 5 June 2019

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