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How to use bug in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Bug means an insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”). Example: “These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.”

Examples of bug by meaning

nounAny motile small terrestrial invertebrate, especially one that is seen as a pest.

  • These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.
  • Bugs are generated from the moisture of living animals, as it dries up outside their bodies.1910, Aristotle, translated by D.W. Thompson, The Works of Aristotle: Historia animalium

nounAny insect.

  • A: Eew, what is that thing?! Is that a bug?! B: No, it's a spider. And don't worry: she's not gonna hurt you.

nounA trilobite.

  • He said we should just drive out to his claim in the Wheeler Quadrangle, and it was just fine with him if we dug a few bugs.2007, Kirk Johnson, Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway, page 174

nounA problem that needs fixing.

  • The software bug led the computer to calculate 2 plus 2 as 3.

nounA contagious illness, or a pathogen causing it.

  • He's got the flu bug.

nounAn enthusiasm for something; an obsession.

  • I caught the skiing bug while staying in the Alps.
  • As we rode in the bus in the weird phosphorescent void of the Lincoln Tunnel we leaned on each other with fingers waving and yelled and talked excitedly, and I was beginning to get the bug like Dean.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1

nounA keen enthusiast or hobbyist.

  • His mother had been a bug on astrology, which was why the moment of his birth had been impressed on him so exactly.1961, Fredric Brown, Nightmare in Yellow
  • Camera magazine put it recently—by automating to the point that real camera bugs would feel no challenge.1961, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 15, number 12, page 34

nounA concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device.

  • We installed a bug in her telephone.

More sentences with bug

  • This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it closes.From the entry close
  • The only reason the VW bug has a solenoid is to prevent it from dieseling.From the entry diesel
  • This app has a bug: when you try to sort a large spreadsheet, it shuts.From the entry shut
  • The bug was found to be caused by stale data in the cache.From the entry stale
  • AAAHHH! A bug! A bug! Get it off me! Get it off me!From the entry aah
  • To help to improve the software, make sure to screenshot any bugs you find.From the entry screenshot
  • I've managed to find the solution to the problem that's been bugging me all day.From the entry that's
  • When they fixed that one bug, we got this new software feature for free.From the entry for free
  • We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.From the entry screen
  • Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes.From the entry version
  • I haven't installed the new operating system yet because of all the bugs.From the entry install
  • The reporters of important security bugs may be paid a bounty by the software developer.From the entry reporter
  • We're putting the new software features on ice until we can fix the existing bugs.From the entry on ice
  • The swing in equities scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while.From the entry gold bug
  • The swing in inflation scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while.From the entry gold bug
  • I won't speak candidly since I don't know if her apartment is bugged or not.From the entry bugged
  • When he was in the rainforest, he lived on bugs and rainwater.From the entry live on
  • I lied to him to appease him so he would bug off.From the entry bug off
  • He playtested his Geometry Dash level to make sure there were no bugs.From the entry playtest
  • Printed matter circulated by the (US) Democratic Party inevitably displays a union bug.From the entry union bug
  • Many children at our school have fallen prey to the 'flu bug.From the entry fall prey
  • It's time I bugged out of this town: it ain't safe no more.From the entry bug out
  • When it all goes down, you're gonna want to bug out.From the entry bug out
  • We cannot repro the bug in the latest version, so we are marking it as fixed.From the entry repro
  • It'll take a hacking run to find the roots of such a Byzantine bug.From the entry hacking run
  • I just saw about a jizillion stink bugs outside, it must be a convention.From the entry jizillion
  • In order to ensure correct behavior, Wine is required to be bug compatible with the Windows API.From the entry bug compatible
  • Yet I walked into the trap like a bug to a zapper.From the entry like a bug to a zapper
  • The bug affects mobile, but not desktop.From the entry mobile

Meaning of bug

  1. noun An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
  2. noun Any motile small terrestrial invertebrate, especially one that is seen as a pest.
  3. noun Any minibeast.

Full definition of bug

Questions about bug in a sentence

How do you use bug in a sentence?
Bug is used as a noun and verb. For example: “These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.”
What is a short sentence with bug?
“He's got the flu bug.”
What does bug mean?
Bug means an insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bug (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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