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How do you use Damselflies in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.

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Damselflies in a sentence

Damselflies meaning

plural of damselfly

Using Damselflies

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of damselfly
  • In the example corpus, damselflies often appears in combinations such as: and damselflies, the damselflies.

Context around Damselflies

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

sides 1× native 1×

Often after:

don 1× zygoptera 1×

Sentence patterns with Damselflies

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

dragonflies and damselflies are predatory 1× dragonflies and damselflies of south 1× dragonflies or damselflies don t 1× in damselflies there is 1× of native damselflies on oahu 1× of the damselflies and introduced 1× the sides damselflies have slender 1× to the damselflies zygoptera which 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

biology ecology dragonflies 1× book overview a 1× dragonflies are generally 1× in contrast to 1× in damselflies there 1× often the distributions 1×

Common sentence endings:

and adult stages 1× and michèle tarboton 1× between the eyes 1× body at rest 1× found across continents 1× limited insect food 1×

Words around Damselflies

Just before it in the word index:

damselfish 2 damsel 39 dams 539 damru 2 damrow 3 damrosch 4

Just after it in the word index:

damselfly 3 damsels 15 damsgaard 2 damson 15 damsons 3 damti 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Damselflies

  • In this selection, "damselflies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sides, native, don and zygoptera stand out and add context to how "damselflies" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include dragonflies and damselflies are predatory and dragonflies and damselflies of south. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "damselflies" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with damselflies

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In damselflies, there is typically a gap in between the eyes. (11 words)

Biology Ecology Dragonflies and damselflies are predatory both in the aquatic nymphal and adult stages. (15 words)

Possibly, because the water is polluted, so immature dragonflies or damselflies don’t survive,” he added. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Dragonflies are generally larger, and perch with their wings held out to the sides; damselflies have slender bodies, and hold their wings over the body at rest. (27 words)

Often the distributions of the damselflies and introduced fishes were found to be mutually exclusive, probably resulting from competition for limited insect food. (23 words)

In contrast to the damselflies (Zygoptera), which tend to have restricted distributions, some genera and species are found across continents. (20 words)

Example sentences (8)

Possibly, because the water is polluted, so immature dragonflies or damselflies don’t survive,” he added.

Book overview – A Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa by Warwick and Michèle Tarboton.

Biology Ecology Dragonflies and damselflies are predatory both in the aquatic nymphal and adult stages.

Dragonflies are generally larger, and perch with their wings held out to the sides; damselflies have slender bodies, and hold their wings over the body at rest.

In contrast to the damselflies (Zygoptera), which tend to have restricted distributions, some genera and species are found across continents.

In damselflies, there is typically a gap in between the eyes.

Often the distributions of the damselflies and introduced fishes were found to be mutually exclusive, probably resulting from competition for limited insect food.

Southern platies, and other introduced poeciliids, have been implicated in the decline of native damselflies on Oahu, Hawaii.

Common combinations with damselflies

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "damselflies" in a sentence?
An example: "Possibly, because the water is polluted, so immature dragonflies or damselflies don’t survive,” he added." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "damselflies" from authentic English texts.
What does "damselflies" mean?
Damselflies means: plural of damselfly
How many example sentences with "damselflies" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "damselflies", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.