How to Use lightning bug in a Sentence

lightning bug

noun

• These glowing bugs tend to be called fireflies in the South and lightning bugs in the Midwest.
  — Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 22 June 2018
• Fireflies, known as lightning bugs in the South and Midwest, are neither flies nor bugs.
  — Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
• Like summer nights are to lightning bugs and squeaks are to porch swings, Dolly Parton is to blonde hair.
  — Southern Living, 1 June 2018
• The title comes from a childhood dream of catching lightning bugs in jars and holding them up for all to see.
  — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• Then, one by one, pick them out and do them, whether it’s riding bikes to get ice cream or catching lightning bugs in the backyard.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 June 2020
• Her own summers as a child were filled with butterflies and lightning bugs.
  — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 2 July 2023
• Southerners would rather eat a lightning bug than a mushy, mealy tomato.
  — Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2017
• Despite having nothing do with lightning, the science of lightning bugs is just as cool.
  — Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 22 June 2018
• And after the ribs, in the cool of the evening, with the little kids chasing lightning bugs in the backyard, your hosts might bring out some cold, sweet watermelon and a pot of rich, dark coffee.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2019
• Flashing fireflies: Also known as lightning bugs, they are best known for their bright flashes.
  — USA Today, 2 June 2023
• Like lightning bugs and action movies, Leonardo DiCaprio comes alive in summer.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2018
• To borrow a phrase from Mark Twain, the difference between the two renditions is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 20 Jan. 2017
• Sadly, most lightning bugs have bigger problems to worry about.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 26 June 2018
• This makes sense, given that lightning bugs are relatively slow-flying insects that flit about with the equivalent of a neon billboard on their butts.
  — Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 3 July 2017
• The poems furnish an elegant bachelor space, a man cave with soft touches and a long prospect on the past, in which Wright’s memories, like lightning bugs, appear.
  — Dan Chiasson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
• This makes measuring the range and abundance of firefly populations challenging even while fears mount that many lightning bug species are on the road to extinction.
  — Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2022
• Country is walking barefoot, eating pickled pig feet, pig ears. Snatching the butt of lightning bugs, making earrings.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 27 July 2019
• That’s also a major difference between lightning bugs and lightning.
  — Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 22 June 2018
• In another scene where what’s going on around the main actors is more distracting than their dialogue, Shannon brings Grace to a place to propose that, according to the characters, is filled with beautiful lightning bugs.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2020
• In Peterson, friendly neighbors greeted one another with toothy smiles, and the music of crickets replaced the wail of police sirens, while lightning bugs fluttered around the front yard flickering near the immaculate rose bushes.
  — Michael A. Gonzales, The Root, 25 Mar. 2018
• Fireflies, aka lightning bugs, are facing a triple extinction threat from habitat loss, artificial light and pesticide use, new research suggests.
  — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2020
• Are lightning bugs disappearing from Indiana's night skies?
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2022
• Whenever we are taken inside the Temple of Wisdom, a menagerie of mechanical animals strides by, including lightning bugs with propeller hats, who provide lanterns to guide visitors through their admission trials.
  — New York Times, 18 July 2019

Last Updated: 10 Oct 2024