insectile

How to use insectile in a sentence

• For a time, the only sound in the room was the tiny insectile humming of the electric clock on the wall.

  Graveyard of Dreams | Henry Beam Piper

• They looked more than ever like farm machinery, save that their bulging tanks made them look insectile, too.

  Space Tug | Murray Leinster

• The bald-headed secretary still snapped up the unconsidered insectile trifles which troubled his paper.

  Aladdin of London | Sir Max Pemberton

• The room was silent, except for the small insectile hum of the electric clock.

  The Cosmic Computer | Henry Beam Piper