How do you use Ladybird in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like ladybug or beetle, plus the exact meaning.
Ladybird meaning
Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
Using Ladybird
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
- Useful related words include: ladybug, ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird beetle.
- In the example corpus, ladybird often appears in combinations such as: the ladybird.
Context around Ladybird
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ladybird
- In this selection, "ladybird" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thumbed, hour, similarly, book, big and grove stand out and add context to how "ladybird" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include darkest hour ladybird and horror and handbooks the ladybird big book. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ladybird" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ladybird
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The four Ladybird Books are intended for children. (8 words)
Books will be written about 2020 – political textbooks, virology handbooks, The Ladybird Big Book of Plagues – stuff like that. (19 words)
Similarly, Ladybird beetles mainly eat insects, but many species also eat pollen, as either part or all of their diet. (20 words)
His last set piece, at the Sizewell nuclear plant, began: “Now, when I was a child, I had a wonderful book – a much-thumbed Ladybird book called r.” And, you know what, he feels the same about nuclear power today. (40 words)
If we look at the canon of personal storytelling and film, I think we're probably closer to the ethos of a film like Beginners or 20th Century Women or Ladybird, rather than Fablemans. (34 words)
Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall has set up three “Base Camp Tents” in its large, outdoor area facing the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail, which will be open through the winter for outdoor dining. (32 words)
Example sentences (9)
His last set piece, at the Sizewell nuclear plant, began: “Now, when I was a child, I had a wonderful book – a much-thumbed Ladybird book called r.” And, you know what, he feels the same about nuclear power today.
By pressing down on the ladybird on the top of the car, the character will be switched and a new song will start.
If we look at the canon of personal storytelling and film, I think we're probably closer to the ethos of a film like Beginners or 20th Century Women or Ladybird, rather than Fablemans.
Books will be written about 2020 – political textbooks, virology handbooks, The Ladybird Big Book of Plagues – stuff like that.
Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall has set up three “Base Camp Tents” in its large, outdoor area facing the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail, which will be open through the winter for outdoor dining.
For Lady Bird, as the name Christine gives herself suggests, is every girl and not every other girl — like the ladybird beetle, neither a bug nor a bird.
The biggest night in the Hollywood calendar will see films such as Darkest Hour, Ladybird and horror smash hit Get Out go head to head for best film.
Similarly, Ladybird beetles mainly eat insects, but many species also eat pollen, as either part or all of their diet.
The four Ladybird Books are intended for children.
Common combinations with ladybird
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: