How to Use cicada in a Sentence

cicada

noun
Definition of cicadanext
  • There are two ways to accomplish this while cicada fishing.
    — Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 29 May 2024
  • Last month, the cicadas' return started in Georgia nearly two weeks ahead of schedule before spreading north as far as the suburbs of Chicago.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 3 June 2024
  • Just the sounds of the birds and the frogs and the cicadas and the wind chimes.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
  • The cicadas were buzzing, and the heat was making waves in the air.
    — Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 31 May 2023
  • The cicadas were humming and the trees were dancing to the rhythm of the wind.
    — Monique Brown, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Apart from wind rustling the leaves of olive trees, the roar of cicadas was the only sound.
    — Nick Romeo, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The cicadas spend 17 years in the ground, feeding on tree roots.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2024
  • There are seven 17-year and 13-year cicadas in the state.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Mar. 2024
  • On the way back to the city, Tiffan yelped in a primal scream—a cicada was on her knee.
    — Ross Kenneth Urken, Scientific American, 14 June 2021
  • Every few years, cicadas pop up in waves across the U.S.
    — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
  • The cicada then will deposit those eggs in the grooves.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Put one of the cicadas on top of each cookie and lightly press down.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 8 May 2024
  • Calm and serene / the sound of a cicada / penetrates the rock.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019
  • Also heard are the sounds of waves, cicadas, crickets and birds.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
  • What to look for:Could those holes in your yard be Brood X cicada mounds?
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Here's what to know about the two broods of cicadas gearing up to return above ground this May.
    — USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • There will be prizes for the best cicada and bug costumes.
    — Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 17 May 2021
  • The cicadas of a Beijing summer day drowned out the background noise.
    — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The wasp paralyzes the cicada with a sting and takes it to a burrow.
    — Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 18 July 2019
  • Illinois is the center of the cicada emergence that is on the way.
    — Julie Bosman Jamie Kelter Davis, New York Times, 4 May 2024
  • There are close to 100 projects covering cicadas all over the world.
    — Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • The nature of his wound was the clock-cicada winding down.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2018
  • The cicada really just wants to find a tree and have some fun.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • Starlings were circling the pink-streaked sky, and the buzz of cicadas filled the humid summer air.
    — Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 31 July 2024
  • For instance, thousands of cicadas emerged in the year 2000, four years ahead of schedule.
    — TIME, 19 Jan. 2024
  • But, in the span of two to four weeks, each cicada in this brood will molt, eat and try to mate before dying.
    — Washington Post, 4 May 2021
  • Playing white noise or music in the background to distract from the noise of cicadas.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The cluster of cacophonous cicadas in this area of the American South is known as brood IX.
    — NBC News, 24 May 2020
  • Caused by a cicada that flew in through an open window striking the driver in the face.
    — CBS News, 8 June 2021
  • The toothpick went into the trash, along with the other cicada.
    — Haley Weiss, The Atlantic, 31 May 2021

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