How to Use entomology in a Sentence

entomology

noun
  • Plus, the materials were tested in an entomology lab to ensure that bed bugs can’t get through!
    — The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Let’s face it, a lot of entomology is how to kill insects that munch crops, deliver disease with their bites, or even destroy your house.
    — Jack Payne, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 July 2018
  • Even a small amount of time browsing the site may move you from insect skeptic to entomology enthusiast.
    — Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 17 June 2018
  • Monday, the first day of the five-day program in July, focused on entomology, the study of insects.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2019
  • That took an adult with more knowledge about entomology and the government quarantines in faraway places.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Morris, who studies entomology, named the species after the pop diva in an attempt to highlight treehoppers.
    — Danielle Garrand, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Riley’s eventual success launched the field of applied entomology—using bugs to protect crops—and secured his legacy as its founder.
    — Martin J. Kernan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Sheng Li, the lead author of the paper and entomology professor, told the New York Times.
    — Grace Donnelly, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2018
  • He was born in Britain and grew up in Bristol, where his father was a professor of entomology and an authority on beetles.
    — Craig S. Smith, New York Times, 23 June 2017
  • Many pieces also feature anatomy studies and entomology illustrations, in addition to scenery from around the world.
    — Lisa Thorn, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • When Wagner started out in entomology, the only way to be sure what species a caterpillar belonged to was to raise it through metamorphosis and see what emerged.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In an entomology group on Facebook, melittologists, scientists who focus on bees, had the answer.
    — Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Chalmers is now working with Brian Fisher, the curator of entomology at the academy, on a formal proposal for an ant statue.
    — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2023
  • That human labor is also a dwindling resource, especially in entomology.
    — Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Hopefully an entomology specialist with Texas A&M will be able to identify the species and offer some type of suggestion.
    — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 24 Sep. 2020
  • The first modern use of forensic entomology is thought to have occurred in 19th-century France, when a doctor analyzed the remains of a child found in an apartment building.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
  • University of Kentucky entomology students have developed a list of bee-friendly trees and shrubs for the Ohio Valley region.
    — Sarah Stolz, Cincinnati.com, 15 June 2017
  • Burdened by guilt after her mother’s abrupt death, an insect researcher decides to undertake her own forensic entomology investigation to uncover the truth.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2025
  • In their pursuits, UCR’s entomology department researchers are garnering attention from across the country and around the globe.
    — Nicole Miller-Coleman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Aug. 2017
  • The specimens were discovered by the entomology student Longfeng Li, who brought them to be classified by the Smithsonian.
    — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2017
  • Rauch extolled Jünger’s passion for the natural world—botany and entomology—and his visions of the future; the writer had dreamed up the drone and the smartphone in his novels, decades before their arrival in reality.
    — Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Some cicadas were just getting ready to start crawling out of the ground about three weeks ago, said Cliff Sadof, an entomology professor at Purdue University.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 21 May 2021
  • Goth's character Elizabeth has an interest in entomology and botany, so Hawley included nods to beetles and other insects through patterns and garment shapes.
    — Rachel Choy, Refinery29, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Digital slide images give students in botany, entomology, micropaleontology and other fields access to vast reference collections that may not be available in their home countries.
    — Ingrid C. Romero, The Conversation, 5 May 2026
  • During that time, educators and scientists wrote seminal works on geology and entomology, Morgan said.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Rachel Fordyce, a technician in an entomology lab at Cornell University, noticed an unusually high number of bees while walking through the cemetery.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Determining the species of necrophagous flies (the kind that alight on a body, then lay eggs there) and other insects isn't always easy, though, and forensic entomology is such a specialized discipline that few law enforcement agencies have ready access to an expert in the field.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The party was held in the entomology offices of the American Museum of Natural History.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • For wildlife, oaks are usually the best bet, according to Doug Tallamy, a professor of entomology at the University of Delaware.
    — New York Times, 2 July 2021
  • The insect is helpless in the tender grasp of eight-year-old Wen (Kristen Cui), whose amateur entomology expedition is interrupted by the appearance of a figure who dwarfs her in turn.
    — Adam Nayman, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2023

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