How to Use cockroach in a Sentence

cockroach

noun

• Two cockroaches were found in a mop-sink area.
  — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2026
• There were cockroaches and mice, and my mom said not to touch them.
  — Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
• But at this one place, the cockroach selfie is like, the point.
  — Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 22 Oct. 2018
• Two cockroaches were found in the kitchen.
  — Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
• Maybe they’ll even get caught again, like a stupid cockroach dumb enough to walk across the kitchen counter.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2019
• The cockroach of the internet has a long life ahead of it yet.
  — Martin Giles, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
• Inspectors found one dead cockroach by the door in the food prep area.
  — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Nov. 2025
• Eggs or young cockroaches may be hiding in them.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
• In this instance, the cyborg cockroach is still very much alive.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Sep. 2022
• Then, the cockroaches ran free.
  — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
• Some, like certain species of cockroach, no longer live outside at all.
  — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
• Not for long, though—heat brings more ants and cockroaches inside.
  — Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2025
• But, in truth, a palmetto bug is a cockroach.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
• Live and dead cockroaches, as well as egg cases, were found in the kitchen area.
  — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
• Like, God knows how many cockroaches.
  — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 21 Feb. 2026
• Bags of ice were stored in one of the hand-washing sinks and a live cockroach was seen in the kitchen.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2026
• Clean out the pantry, remove any open foods, and sweep floors where cockroaches might find scraps.
  — Alexandra Frost, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2023
• Detainees find vermin such as cockroaches or body parts of rats in the food.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
• Why did no one warn me about the human cockroaches, the human hands?
  — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2020
• The process starts when a male and female cockroach find a piece of decaying wood.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
• There was a dead cockroach in the cabinet below the hand sink.
  — Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
• In that film, the dictator is revealed to be an alien cockroach.
  — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2017
• At home, a cockroach skitters out from under the closet door, big as a mouse.
  — Rebecca Makkai, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
• Wolf spiders eat cockroaches, ants and flies.
  — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
• The image in one teems with red ants; in the other, cockroaches swarm.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• This isn’t the first time someone has hooked up electronics to a cockroach.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Sep. 2022
• The study showed that dogs, cats and dust mites did not have the same effect that the mice and cockroaches did.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Sep. 2024
• Install a mesh screen behind open vents to keep out large cockroaches.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
• Dead cockroaches lay around the kitchen and a sleeping cot was set up in the storage area.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
• Health inspectors found one dead cockroach on the floor beneath the prep sink.
  — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026