noun
cockroach
any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
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Six example sentences with cockroach, each labelled with its topic.
Switch on the basement light and every cockroach scatters for the baseboards, which is why traps go out after dark.
Environment
The hostel manager apologized for a cockroach on the shower tile and moved us to a room upstairs.
Travel
Lab colonies of the cockroach survive weeks without food, which is why researchers use them to study starvation responses.
Science
In the animated film a lone cockroach keeps the robot company, surviving every crash that would flatten a sturdier creature.
Movies
Engineers copied the cockroach to build a robot that squeezes flat and keeps running through gaps under rubble.
Technology
The inspector found a single cockroach behind the walk-in fridge, and the kitchen closed for two days of deep cleaning.
Cooking
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