Example Sentences

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As Dr Elizabeth Duncan says: "Unfortunately, they do compete with and can outcompete some native ladybird species, but they like to overwinter in different environments - harlequins in our homes and seven-spots in leaf litter."

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

A burst of color, channeling the vibrancy of harlequins, took center stage.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2023

Pierrots, sailors, harlequins and peasants follow in the procession, small bells sewn to their costumes ringing as local brass bands play the streets.

From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2023

These settings are sometimes populated by characters — clowns, jugglers, harlequins and the like — familiar to theater from Italian commedia dell’arte.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022

He saw Ku Klux Klan hoods, skeletons, harlequins in garish colors, painted faces.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers