flatter
Example Sentences
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However, the rule book warns that if ultralights start to become a problem for the public, the FAA is ready to bring down the flyswatter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
That’s not quite as futile as trying to stop a rhinoceros with a flyswatter, but it’s close.
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022
He is afraid of the result, so he looks up, lifting his head that fatal microsecond too soon and hitting the ball as if with the flyswatter or hoe.
From Golf Digest • May 7, 2020
And, sure enough, the lady had brought her flyswatter with her; throughout the evening, she repeatedly swatted Quin in his own home, to his red-faced, beatific delight.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2019
“Maybe I could have a special huge flyswatter made for me for swatting all the crazy girls away.”
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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