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Wasps is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Wasps in a sentence

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Wasps | Wasp

Wasps meaning

plural of wasp

Using Wasps

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

Context around Wasps

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pollinating 3× parasitic 2× fig 2× potter 1× smallest 1× certain 1× vespoid 1× pollen 1× need 1× crawley 1×

Often after:

lay 1× parasitoid 1× cannot 1× feed 1× act 1× evolved 1× reports 1× holdings 1× sale 1× instead 1×

Sentence patterns with Wasps

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

and the wasps cannot keep 1× and the wasps parasitoid larvae 1× director at wasps holdings ltd 1× drive certain wasps such as 1× emergence of wasps instead of 1× insects like wasps and even 1× non pollinating wasps feed off 1× of the wasps for the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

another person wrote 1× braconid and other 1× certain species of 1× christopher holland is 1× cipriani was known 1× elsewhere on sunday 1×

Common sentence endings:

and fungal diseases 1× are considered dubious 1× campaign to succeed 1× chemical fly control 1× from loughborough university 1× from predatory ancestors 1×

Words around Wasps

Just before it in the word index:

waspish 7 waspi 27 waspc 2 wasp 256 wason 4 waso 2

Just after it in the word index:

waspy 4 wasque 4 wass 20 wassa 10 wassail 12 wassailing 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

bawumia 160 briefs 160 brigham 160 ck 160 coates 160 compilers 160

Corpus analysis for Wasps

  • In this selection, "wasps" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pollinating, parasitic, fig, lay, parasitoid and cannot stand out and add context to how "wasps" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the wasps cannot keep and and the wasps parasitoid larvae. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wasps" sits close to words such as bawumia, briefs and brigham, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wasps

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

So, what can we do to keep wasps away? (9 words)

Potter wasps are some of the smallest wasps in our area. (11 words)

Another person wrote: 'Don't need wasps on my house no. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Izaiha Moore-Aiono (formerly London Irish), Theo Vukasinovic (formerly Wasps and Doncaster Knights) and Toby Fricker (formerly Bristol Bears) will be on the bench, along with Henri Lavin and Oscar Daniel (both on loan from Loughborough University). (37 words)

Certain species of ants have the power to drive certain wasps, such as Polybia occidentalis to extinction if they attack more than once and the wasps cannot keep up with rebuilding their nest. (33 words)

While pollinating fig wasps are gall -makers, the remaining types either make their own galls or usurp the galls of other fig wasps; reports of them being parasitoids are considered dubious. (31 words)

Question examples

So, what can we do to keep wasps away? (9 words)

Example sentences (20)

Potter wasps are some of the smallest wasps in our area.

Braconid and other parasitic wasps lay their eggs in lepidopteran eggs or larvae and the wasps' parasitoid larvae devour their hosts, usually pupating inside or outside the desiccated husk.

Certain species of ants have the power to drive certain wasps, such as Polybia occidentalis to extinction if they attack more than once and the wasps cannot keep up with rebuilding their nest.

The pollinating wasps are part of an obligate nursery pollination mutualism with the fig tree, while the non-pollinating wasps feed off the plant without benefiting it.

These wasps act as parasites to either the fig or possibly the pollinating wasps.

This same evolutionary scenario may have occurred within the vespoid wasps, where the pollen wasps evolved from predatory ancestors.

While pollinating fig wasps are gall -makers, the remaining types either make their own galls or usurp the galls of other fig wasps; reports of them being parasitoids are considered dubious.

Another person wrote: 'Don't need wasps on my house no.

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Christopher Holland is the director of Loxwood Holdings Ltd, who is also the director at Wasps Holdings Ltd.

Cipriani was known for being a skilled rugby player and as well as appearing for England also played for Wasps, Sale Sharks, Gloucester and Bath.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Cheltenham Town secured an eighth-placed finish in the 12-team National League Southern Premier Division with a 3-1 home win over bottom side Crawley Wasps.

Experts say they have to respect the life cycle of the wasps for the campaign to succeed.

I made a rough calculation that suggested at least two thirds of the chrysalises had ended with the emergence of wasps instead of butterflies.

In addition to a lot of soybean gall midges, there were a number of tiny parasitoid wasps.

Izaiha Moore-Aiono (formerly London Irish), Theo Vukasinovic (formerly Wasps and Doncaster Knights) and Toby Fricker (formerly Bristol Bears) will be on the bench, along with Henri Lavin and Oscar Daniel (both on loan from Loughborough University).

Nevertheless, players should feel free to catch, sell, or scare away wasps as they see fit when they play through their own games.

Paula Denvir thought there was a swarm of wasps in her parents' house last July and was told they would go away when the weather got colder.

So, what can we do to keep wasps away?

Stacked up against those losses, the cost of a few thousand parasitic wasps can be a small price to pay for a non-chemical fly control.

There are many natural predators of fall webworm caterpillars including birds, mammals, insects like wasps, and even viral and fungal diseases.

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Common combinations with wasps

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "wasps" in a sentence?
An example: "Potter wasps are some of the smallest wasps in our area." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "wasps" from authentic English texts.
What does "wasps" mean?
Wasps means: plural of wasp
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