How to Use termite in a Sentence
termite
noun- The house has a lot of termite damage.
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Are termites hard to get rid of?
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
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Are termites hard to get rid of?
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
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Are termites hard to get rid of?
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
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What’s the best way to get rid of termites?
—Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
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The last list item to cover is termites.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
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Swarming termites have four wings that are all the same size.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
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Swarming termites have four wings that are all the same size.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
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Not a soul had lived there for years besides the termites.
—Amanda Rosa october 23, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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The bad news was that a lot of it had been eaten up by termites.
—Lauren Ro, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2018
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But this tree was consumed by termites.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
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Chimpanzees use sticks to catch termites and stones to crack nuts open.
—Leticia Fanucchi, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025
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Most types of mulch can harbor pests like termites, ants, and even mice.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2025
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Winged, swarmer termites emerge from their current colonies to mate and start new ones close by.
—Ana Durrani, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Dryer vents can be an entry point for termites.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
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In your attic, check for any roof leaks and signs of termites or rodents.
—Kenya Burrell-Vanwormer, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
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These worm-like snakes feed on soft-bodied prey like ant and termite larvae.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Most pests are unpleasant, but termites can wreck your house.
—Philly.com, 28 Mar. 2018
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Also, keep all mulches at least a foot back from the home to help prevent termites.
—Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 May 2018
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There are Wiffle balls in the gutters and termites in the porch.
—Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2020
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Both termites and carpenter ants are social and live in a colony with a queen.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
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Both termites and carpenter ants are social and live in a colony with a queen.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
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The sign was rusted and rotten, giving way to termites and time.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
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Of all the pests that could invade your home, termites are among the most damaging.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026
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Some ants even rescue nestmates that have lost limbs after raids on termite mounds.
—WIRED, 16 Mar. 2023
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The deck had termites and the carpet and furnishings were worn.
—Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 17 Sep. 2019
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At one point, a fiberglass termite mountain is rolled onto the stage.
—Clare Ansberry, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
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The wood sold nowadays is new growth that does not fare well when exposed to sun, rain, termites or dry rot.
—Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2019
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Drywood termites are also common and nest in dry wood.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
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Because of its age, along with fires and termites, Old Main was in bad shape.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2023
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