Sentence examples for a grub from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a grub" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a larval stage of an insect or informally to describe a person who is considered unattractive or unappealing.
Example: "The garden was full of grubs, which meant it was time to treat the soil for pests."
Alternatives: "a larva" or "a worm".

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You are actually a grub".

A Grub cappuccino, however, was pretty average.

Pyne's office says he said "you're such a grub".

Ideology has the capacity to make a butterfly out of a grub.

He looked under the porch and brought out a grub hoe and handed it to me.

Don't kid yourself; in a state of nature, you're a grub.

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There was even a Grub-Street Journal.

Breezing through the studio Mr. Fitch demonstrated some of the props, including a grub-shaped accordion; a fiddle fashioned from leaves; and one character's valise, with foliage protruding to serve as a tail.

While their newspapers this week brashly campaigned against the "Richetty Grub" (complete with a cartoon depiction of Richie McCaw as a grub-like nuisance at the bottom of a ruck), ours offer a more dignified appraisal.

In the premiere the annual welcome-spring block party is coming; can J. R. beat back a grub-and-crabgrass problem to get his lawn on a par with the neighbors' pristine green?

The average lizard, by contrast, is happy to consume a single grub a day.

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