How to Use termite in a Sentence

termite

noun

• 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
• The pesticide can kill termites, a variety of ants, cockroaches, fleas and ticks.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
• If the food— ants, termites, cockroaches or whatever—are eliminated, spiders will find somewhere else to live.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024