Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: insects
IPA transcription: ['ɪns,ɛkts]
Pronunciations of insects
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Usage examples
  • "Also he eats grubs and insects.
  • One day she was busily engaged in scratching the soil to find worms and insects for her breakfast.
  • I was interested, too, in beetles and other insects; I used to collect them, some were very ornamental.
  • He understood what the beasts said, what the birds said, what the fishes said, and what the insects said.
  • Hence it is this side which is often coloured so as to imitate the objects on which these insects commonly rest.
  • "Those are indeed holidays to me; I go into the garden, I plant, I prune, I trim, I kill the insects all day long."
  • There was no sound but that of the distant breakers, mounting from all round, and the chirp of countless insects in the brush.
  • In the heat of the day there is an all-pervading rustling sound, caused by the fluttering of myriad insects and the gliding of lizards and snakes.
  • The lively little freshwater herring as yet suspect no danger; they are in constant motion, occupied in snapping up the fallen, half-drowned insects.
  • He eats many kinds of insects, Moths, Flies, Cutworms, Beetles, Lizards, Frogs and Scorpions. Because of his fondness for the latter he is called the Scorpion Mouse in some sections.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording C. S. Lewis, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Elfin woods warbler, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cat, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Insect, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Island fox, License CC BY-SA 4.0