Example Sentences

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It was Jack-o'-lanterns, or lightning-bugs; so he set down again, and went to watching, same as before.

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark

And all along, out of the tall, brittle grass, the busy lightning-bugs sprang up with their lanterns to help the dim stars light the way.

From The Biography of a Prairie Girl by Gates, Eleanor

"Miss Janet," said Lydia, speaking very softly, "who made de lightning-bugs?"

From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)

Scouts—scouts can do things—they're better than snails and lightning-bugs.

From Pee-Wee Harris by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

But his present skill is easily accounted for when we remember that only yesterday he had a great deal to say about "June-bugs" and "lightning-bugs."

From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)