How to Use diapause in a Sentence

diapause

noun

• Colorado is home to thousands of species of moths, many of which are hatching out from a winter of hibernation, known as diapause.
  — Ryan St Laurent, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
• These invasive pests come indoors in the fall looking for a cool, dry place to survive the winter in a state of inactivity called diapause.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
• Every mosquito in dark enclosures entered diapause.
  — John Drake, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
• Pupation then occurs later in the spring, and unlike in most Lepidoptera, the adult moths hatch without an extended pupal diapause, and instead begin to migrate west.
  — Ryan St Laurent, The Conversation, 3 June 2025
• Some insects like mosquitos and cutworms burrow in warmer pockets of gardens and indoors, cocoon themselves, or enter diapause—a process similar to hibernation.
  — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 19 Apr. 2026