How to Use dragonfly in a Sentence

dragonfly

noun
  • An adult dragonfly might live a week.
    — B. R. Cohen, Longreads, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Those who have tried to catch a dragonfly can attest to this.
    — Etiido Uko march 30, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
  • And like, watchin' a dragonfly.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
  • But what about insects that don't make any noise, like the dragonfly?
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Doug didn’t realize then what dragonflies would one day mean to him.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Walk in forests where dragonflies buzz and orchids bloom in secret copses.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Next the researchers filmed four wild bats nabbing dragonflies perched on leaves.
    — Rachel Berkowitz, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2019
  • There’s a mounting sense of dread, and these dragonflies just kept crossing frame.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2024
  • The trails are ablaze with life, from water-skimmers to dragonflies.
    — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
  • Guys on mopeds are whizzing around the backstreets like dragonflies.
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 30 May 2025
  • Females arrive, and the air gets thick with whirring dragonflies.
    — Sandhya Sekar, National Geographic, 1 May 2017
  • Those robo-dragonflies may not be the only creatures keeping an eye on you.
    — David Hambling, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2007
  • For now, though, that crown rests solely on the tiny head of the primordial dragonfly.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 24 Oct. 2022
  • During my visit, dozens of dragonflies buzzed through the air around the summit.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 24 June 2018
  • That would be pond turtles, and dragonflies, and anything that touched the river.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Right now, scientists have only gone as far as getting the dragonfly to fly in a straight line.
    — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 1 June 2017
  • Well its hard to get photos of dragonflies on short notice, but thanks for all the responses!
    — Rick Steelhammer, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The bonkers custom creation was inspired by a dragonfly.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 1 May 2026
  • Mosquitoes, mayflies and dragonflies, to name but a few, all have their immature stages in ponds or rivers.
    — Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, WSJ, 20 June 2019
  • But for the next 60 million years there is not so much as a single dragonfly, grasshopper or roach.
    — Lucas Joel, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
  • The insects and their eggs are also a food source for other insects like dragonflies, as well as birds, bats and fish.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • The family room, which has straw marquetry dragonflies on the walls, can also be used as a fourth bedroom.
    — Lauren Ro, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The bees and butterflies and dragonflies and bluebirds that make a prairie ecosystem return with a vengeance.
    — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • The trails loop around Quiambog Cove through fields lined with stone walls and filled with dragonflies and butterflies.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 17 May 2017
  • That’s like telling the difference between the dragonfly’s flutter and the hum of a locust.
    — Quanta Magazine, 23 Aug. 2016
  • The somersaults seem to be a byproduct of the dragonfly flicking its tail to get rid of excess water.
    — Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Small fish can be seen swimming in the creek from their yard, with numerous butterflies and dragonflies on the stream's banks.
    — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 18 July 2025
  • Nature lovers can also walk a path around the pond to listen to frogs calling, and watch birds and dragonflies during the warmer months.
    — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 13 May 2018
  • So are the deer, turkeys, skunks, crickets, spiders, ticks, bats, dragonflies, and ospreys.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Scientists captured more than 40 dragonflies in the wild and placed dots on their wings to record their movements.
    — Victoria Davis, Science | AAAS, 2 July 2018

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