How to Use cicada in a Sentence

cicada

noun

• 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
• The cicada noise does not cause hearing loss, according to the CDC.
  — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 24 May 2024
• There are two ways to accomplish this while cicada fishing.
  — Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 29 May 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024