Explore Grubs through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Grubs meaning
plural of grub
Using Grubs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of grub
- In the example corpus, grubs often appears in combinations such as: grubs and, grubs or.
Context around Grubs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grubs
- In this selection, "grubs" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, crb, pesky, infant, take, potentially and away stand out and add context to how "grubs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and eating grubs so we and applying before grubs take hold. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grubs" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grubs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The best way to do this is to kill the grubs while they’re in the ground. (17 words)
Make sure the brown areas you see is damage from grubs before you apply grub control products. (17 words)
It'll kill them now, but the key is applying before grubs take hold, as a preventive measure. (18 words)
There are a number of preventative measures that you can take to keep skunks from coming to your yard in the first place, such as removing brush that attracts them for dens or conducting regular lawn maintenance to keep tasty grubs away. (42 words)
The nest varies from a hole in the ground or in wood, in solitary bees, to a substantial structure with wax combs in bumblebees and honey bees. citation The larvae are generally whitish grubs, roughly oval and bluntly-pointed at both ends. (42 words)
Yeah, I think they think we’re too stupid and inept to figure that out—we’ll be crawling about and grunting and eating grubs, so we won’t be able to figure out the basics of navigation. (38 words)
Before the inevitable tantrums, tears and unspeakable culinary offerings (who could forget the crocodile testicles, live witchety grubs or fish eyes? (21 words)
Example sentences (16)
It'll kill them now, but the key is applying before grubs take hold, as a preventive measure.
Turns out there are little critters in the ground called grubs and while the name sounds gross, they are a delicacy in some circles.
Adults prefer to feed on coconut and other larger palms while CRB grubs, or larvae, live in decomposing plant and animal waste.
Experts warn that this year's mild winter could have created ideal breeding conditions for these pesky grubs, potentially leading to a leatherjacket outbreak.
The best way to do this is to kill the grubs while they’re in the ground.
In a maggot factory setting, female flies lay about 500 eggs on a hatch medium -- sometimes corrugated cardboard -- near the food source for their infant grubs.
Make sure the brown areas you see is damage from grubs before you apply grub control products.
There are a number of preventative measures that you can take to keep skunks from coming to your yard in the first place, such as removing brush that attracts them for dens or conducting regular lawn maintenance to keep tasty grubs away.
After the meal, you are invited to feed grubs and cracked corn to the resident hens and geese.
Before the inevitable tantrums, tears and unspeakable culinary offerings (who could forget the crocodile testicles, live witchety grubs or fish eyes?
In spite of this, a huge number are paralysed by parasitoid wasps, which lay their eggs in them, so that their grubs can have fresh food when they hatch.
Yeah, I think they think we’re too stupid and inept to figure that out—we’ll be crawling about and grunting and eating grubs, so we won’t be able to figure out the basics of navigation.
Evidence of this exists in the form of its physiology which was specifically tailored to a diet of grubs and plants.
Invertebrates used as food included insects such as the Bogong moth and larvae collectively called witchetty grubs and molluscs.
Prime numbers in nature The evolutionary strategy used by cicadas of the genus Magicicada make use of prime numbers. citation These insects spend most of their lives as grubs underground.
The nest varies from a hole in the ground or in wood, in solitary bees, to a substantial structure with wax combs in bumblebees and honey bees. citation The larvae are generally whitish grubs, roughly oval and bluntly-pointed at both ends.
Common combinations with grubs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- grubs and 4×
- grubs or 2×