locusts
- plural of locust.
Example Sentences
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He’ll just declare victory and steer his plague of locusts to consume something else.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026
Then locusts destroyed grain harvests across the Great Plains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"We can say with pretty high certainty that Texas will be very suitable for locusts in about 10 to 15 years," Cease says.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2026
In his 2012 autobiography, "American Son," Rubio wrote, "I can't stand to hear immigrants described in terms more appropriate to a plague of locusts than human beings."
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
Then Wang Lung forgot his son, for the harvests, except what the locusts had consumed, were fair enough and by now he had gained once more what he had spent on the woman Lotus.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
