How to Use termite in a Sentence

termite

noun
Definition of termitenext
  • The house has a lot of termite damage.
  • No species of termite in the U.S. build above-ground mounds.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2022
  • There are Wiffle balls in the gutters and termites in the porch.
    — Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The bad news was that a lot of it had been eaten up by termites.
    — Lauren Ro, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Here are a few samples: The termites are flying around on the porch.
    — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 1 May 2018
  • West Bengal is one of the places where Mr Shah has railed against termites.
    — The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • Because of its age, along with fires and termites, Old Main was in bad shape.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The deck had termites and the carpet and furnishings were worn.
    — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Then the lacewing eats the stunned, farted-upon termite.
    — Brian Resnick, Vox, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Also, keep all mulches at least a foot back from the home to help prevent termites.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 May 2018
  • David: There's a lot of rot, and our area is known for termites and carpenter ants.
    — R. Daniel Foster, latimes.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The blue termite is 928 times the size of an actual termite.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • The sign was rusted and rotten, giving way to termites and time.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In your attic, check for any roof leaks and signs of termites or rodents.
    — Kenya Burrell-Vanwormer, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
  • Is having ties to anyone who thinks Hitler was a great man and refers to Jews as termites still bad?
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Jan. 2019
  • But termites, with their strong, sharp mandibles, aren’t easy prey, and raiders often get limbs bitten off in the fight.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The wood sold nowadays is new growth that does not fare well when exposed to sun, rain, termites or dry rot.
    — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Termites caused so much damage to the structure over the years that the city has decided to tear it down rather than try to fix it.
    — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 May 2017
  • The robo-termite’s grippers can grab a brick, flip it onto its back and deposit it in the proper place.
    — Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2013
  • In order to eat, Matabele ants have to fight with their one and only food source: termites.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Jan. 2024
  • There are termites in the foundation and a number of those are gnawing away at night.
    — Bloomberg.com, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Phil looks like a guy who’s gonna check my place for termites and then give me a detailed estimate.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 10 May 2018
  • At one point, a fiberglass termite mountain is rolled onto the stage.
    — Clare Ansberry, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
  • This behavior brings to mind chimpanzees' use of twigs or grass stems to draw termites from their nests.
    — Jonathan Balcombe, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
  • Also on the non-roach bug count: six dead termites in ceiling vent above food station, in kitchen area.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 21 June 2018
  • It had been eaten by termites and the guy who had lived here before had never done anything to it.
    — Samantha Weiss Hills, Curbed, 17 June 2019
  • In his eyes, the dark shapes were certainly termite mounds, which could grow up to 26 feet tall and over 50 feet wide in the Katanga region.
    — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The only things that hadn’t been imported were the shelves, which had been coated in thick layers of gloss paint to keep the termites at bay.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Termidor is the brand name of a product commonly used for termite treatment.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
  • Running primetime shows that can’t win a million viewers per night is like allowing termites to keep nibbling away at the wood that undergirds a stately home.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Sep. 2024

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