Example Sentences
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When one of Clarkson's fields fails to produce any oilseed rape due to black beetle foraging, he is visibly frustrated by the ban on neonicotinoids - a chemical insecticide which would have killed them off.
From BBC • May 29, 2021
In the dark, I lifted the receiver of the massive black beetle of a telephone and, bringing it to my ear, heard nothing but silence.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 17, 2014
And Lord of Misrule is the name of “a shiny black beetle of a horse” who arrives in this book’s last lap, just in time to serve as deus ex machina for a dramatic finale.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2010
An inch-long black beetle suddenly lands on my leg, then twitters off.
From Time Magazine Archive
Danny asked, and flicked away a winged black beetle that landed on his shoulder.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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