How to Use grasshopper in a Sentence

grasshopper

noun
  • What is the quickest way to get rid of grasshoppers?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In a few minutes, the grasshoppers are ready to eat.
    — Jeffrey H. Cohen, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Two years later, your field is filled with grasshoppers again.
    — Lisa Chase, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Due to its bright pink colors, this grasshopper makes for easy prey.
    — Fox News, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Locust is a type of grasshopper.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Having the grasshopper fly up her dress was bad enough, but then things got a bit cheeky.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Why are there so many grasshoppers in Arizona right now?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Why are there so many grasshoppers in Arizona right now?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Here’s why there are so many grasshoppers in Arizona.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Man is too much of a grasshopper to do anything like putting a ring on somebody.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • What kind of grasshoppers are in Arizona?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Some of them gently scoop up bugs — spiders, ants and grasshoppers.
    — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Two grasshoppers want to race a distance of 12 feet (there and back).
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2012
  • Everywhere was the jump and whir of grasshoppers.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Locusts are a type of grasshopper, while cicadas are type of insect all their own.
    — London Gibson, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Fillings range from al pastor and tender short ribs with goat cheese to grasshoppers.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2020
  • But now, this little grasshopper must get back to writing fan fiction.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 June 2026
  • We’re greeted by the song of native grasshoppers that munch their way across this region.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Little grasshoppers that soared to amazing heights given their size.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Chopped mint candies make these chocolate cookies taste like grasshopper pie.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Still, when the grasshopper suggested breakfast, the ant said yes.
    — Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Hoyer does have to remind his young grasshopper to have a short memory.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2021
  • In the poem, the narrator watches a grasshopper in her hand wash her face and then fly away.
    — Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Woe betide a beetle or a grasshopper perched on a leaf above the backwaters where these fish lurk.
    — Jonathan Balcombe, Scientific American, 1 May 2017
  • The bar will be whipping up grasshoppers and Key lime pie martinis.
    — Samantha Nelson, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In the Brazilian rainforest, a grasshopper lands on a leaf and seals its fate.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2010
  • The two species were among seven new grasshoppers identified by Hill and his team.
    — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
  • The quickest way to reduce grasshoppers around your home is to make your yard less attractive to them.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The quickest way to reduce grasshoppers around your home is to make your yard less attractive to them.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Stephens is a study bug with no social life, the ant to Adam’s easygoing grasshopper.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025

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