locust-like
- a word derived from locust.
Example Sentences
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People who were living in the D.C. area in 2004 likely remember the swarms of red-eyed locust-like creatures flying around everywhere and their discarded shells crunching underfoot.
From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2021
The unsatisfied appetite for news during the strike is reflected by a locust-like attack on anything printed.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the bag for Ray Cooper, a percussionist, is removed from the display case, its ownership is contested by a woman dressed in a Saint Laurent original who loudly protests Elton's locust-like purchasing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite a locust-like appearance, they neither bite nor sting nor devastate vegetation.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the very moment of doing so the angry locust-like ring of the reptile and a sharp thrust against the blanket as if struck by a small stick announced that it has given its blow.
From Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
