How to Use periodical in a Sentence

periodical

1 of 2 adjective
  • Launched four years later, his periodical sought to build that bulwark in prose and verse.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • For some of the periodical cicadas of Brood X, there’s no need to imagine.
    — Chrystelle L. Vilfranc, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2021
  • That includes a fungus that has been seen on these periodical cicadas, which can affect the bugs but not the snackers.
    — New York Times, 14 June 2021
  • Almost every year somewhere in the country, a periodical brood will emerge.
    — Brian Whipkey, baltimoresun.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Call it out to current and prospective clients in your list by featuring it in a special announcement or your next periodical email.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • The periodical critters make their aboveground, clockwork-like debut for only a few weeks to mate before dying.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2021
  • But now, a real-life insect invasion of what are called periodical cicadas will put Hollywood to shame by its sheer size and scope.
    — CBS News, 5 May 2021
  • His student Matthew Campbell found that the periodical cicadas have at least 20.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 5 May 2021
  • But Washington must issue periodical waivers to keep the penalties from snapping back into place and the most recent one was set to expire this week.
    — Josh Lederman, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
  • This group of periodical cicadas, called Brood X, have been feeding on sap from roots of plants underground for the last 17 years.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 18 May 2021
  • The New York Review is a periodical devoted to the proper and best use of language.
    — Michael Pollan, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2020
  • There are more than 3,000 species of cicadas, but the bugs that make the headlines are periodical cicadas, who take an all-or-nothing approach to life.
    — Meg Muckenhoupt, USA TODAY, 3 May 2021
  • Work fast to clean up Unlike annual cicadas, once periodical cicadas emerge, their lifespan is only 4 to 6 weeks.
    — Felicity Warner, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2021
  • People across Greater Cincinnati are seeing the periodical insects emerge from the ground after 17 years.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 20 May 2021
  • Perhaps most retro of all, the Gunmen's day job is running a periodical magazine, printed on actual paper.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2026
  • In the most concentrated areas during the emergence of Brood X, there were as many as 1 million periodical cicadas per acre.
    — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 28 July 2021
  • The periodical insects, also known as Brood X, spend most of their lives underground feeding on tree roots before tunneling to the surface to look for mates.
    — NBC News, 9 June 2021
  • The rise of the Brood X periodical cicadas — those loud, large, kind-of-scary-looking insects that come out every 17 years — has began in Louisville.
    — Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 19 May 2021
  • After 17 years in waiting, billions of periodical cicadas are set to emerge from the ground en masse next month and blanket a large portion of the eastern United States.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Users can submit photographs and videos of periodical cicadas to Cicada Safari, and after the photos are verified they will be posted to the live map.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2021
  • After the last couple of years of periodical cicada activity, this year brings a pleasant break from periodical brood activity.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This newsletter is free, but a subscription to The New Yorker supports it—and gets you access to the finest periodical writing in the English language.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Back in the main office, a Fun Committee hosts periodical revelries in the form of Olympic games, pancake breakfasts, baseball outings, and Oscar parties.
    — Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
  • When the periodical cicadas begin to arrive in May in the Mid-Atlantic, one thing will be different from their parents’ appearance in 2004.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • While no decision is imminent, Yankees higher-ups present options for Monument Park at periodical meetings, according to the spokesperson.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 5 May 2026
  • Like any outlet covering Congress, media working for TMZ must be credentialed by the Senate and House periodical press galleries.
    — Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
  • One plausible theory links it to a fungus carried by some of this summer’s billions of cicadas, which are part of the 17-year periodical Brood X in states where the new disease has appeared (but again, not in New England).
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2021
  • One of Bowie’s biggest inspirations seems to have been a periodical also called The Spectator, which was published between 1711 and 1712.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Martineau’s boast about the textile factories of the Scottish town of Paisley, published in the periodical Household Words in 1852, was more than an expression of pride in British efficiency.
    — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Beginning in the 1890s, three successive Henry Wallaces — father, son, and grandson — held the editor’s pen at the influential periodical, Wallaces’ Farmer.
    — Andrew Klumpp, Des Moines Register, 22 Mar. 2026

periodical

2 of 2 noun
  • She writes for a monthly periodical.
  • The library has a large collection of scholarly periodicals.
  • Gold open access refers to periodicals in which all content is freely available once published.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Vanity Fair is a pop culture periodical that in the past has been known to go for the biggest name.
    — refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The glitz and glamor of his periodicals contrasted with his own reticent, spotlight-averse style.
    — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Few other academics were writing anything like this for popular periodicals at the time.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The delivery standard for first-class mail and periodicals increased from a maximum of three days to a maximum of five.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • From titles of books and periodicals that are banned, or of which issues are banned, in Louisiana state prisons.
    — Marilynne Robinson, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Heuermann is an avid ready of books and periodicals, Toulon told ABC News.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • There are many who argue, in the pages of this country’s most respected periodicals, that this power lies with the intolerant left.
    — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2018
  • There are rows of books and periodicals are joined by child-friendly play areas, cushy seating, community meeting spaces, and so much more.
    — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Ogden wrote seven books of poetry and his work appeared in more than 300 periodicals.
    — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 28 Apr. 2017
  • It is believed that periodical cicadas, through a process called acceleration, have developed new broods in the past.
    — Kevin Ambrose, Washington Post, 24 May 2017
  • Now, the new restaurant is open all day, beneath its same iconic awning, and ready to satisfy cravings for periodicals and piña colada pancakes.
    — Adam Robb, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2023
  • Much remains unknown about the creature, like why the periodical cicadas emerge on 13 or 17 year cycles.
    — NBC News, 24 May 2020
  • Some work came as news through notices of what was happening in cities and towns through the local press and other coverage came through academic outlets or periodicals.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists think this could be due to climate change; more warm weeks in each year gives the underground larvae more time to grow, which could lead to periodical cicadas emerging early.
    — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2020
  • There is a reason why the apocalyptic bromides about the state of print haven’t come to fruition, other than for disposable periodicals and newspapers.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
  • See if your library supports the OverDrive app and tap into free access of audiobooks, ebooks, videos and periodicals.
    — Jen Leo, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
  • Cole wrote in an 1896 issue of the periodical The Woman’s Era.
    — Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 6 June 2018
  • Many of the works in the collection were created with the intent to be reproduced in newspapers, books and other periodicals, conveying events of the day.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Academics are judged on their ability to get papers published in these periodicals and business schools are ranked on their ability to employ the most prolific of these academics.
    — The Economist, 24 Nov. 2019
  • After the lawsuit was filed, the jail changed its mail policy, and softcover books as well as periodicals published by the nonprofit were accepted into the jail.
    — Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Galaxy, Analog, and Amazing Stories, those three periodicals – and our bathroom was piled high.
    — Ben Mankiewicz, CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • From pamphlets to periodicals to local newspapers, the printed news created this country.
    — Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
  • One hears that the Digest naively included a tear-out postcard in one of its monthly issues so that only subscribers to this snooty periodical could express their opinion.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The project itself came out of a frustration with walking into a store on Varick and being confronted by corn snacks instead of periodicals, and wishing there was more out there.
    — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 17 May 2018
  • That's not entirely true this time around — the Playboy piece comes from outside that time period — but is Annual intended as a one-off or a periodical of sorts?
    — Graeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2017
  • Additionally, the agency is seeking price changes for first-class mail products, periodicals, marketing mail and package services.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

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