Example Sentences

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That’s the annual, or dog-day, cicada, which typically have green wings.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

Most people call them dog-day cicadas, and their buzzy song is a part of the sound of late summer, like those of katydids and whippoorwills.

From Time Magazine Archive

Washington customarily slips into its dog-day doldrums in August; Congress is in recess and federal bureaucrats flee for cooler climes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the beginning, on a dog-day Monday in the middle of August when the West Texas heat congealed in the sky, there were only the stirrings of dreams.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

But hardly had I settled down, the dry, dog-day smell of the hedge in my nose, when they stopped before the house, leaning upon the fence.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison