gnat

Example Sentences

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The novel opens by describing a local gnat infestation that seems to have spread to the writing, because all the words containing “nat” have been given a silent “g,” as in “extermignate” and “gnaturally.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

A few minutes after the Mercury won the tip, Griner ran down the floor and erased a shot from a Sparks player off the glass like a giant shooing a gnat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2023

“Seems to me we’re taking a bazooka to a gnat problem,” he said during the debate.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

Get mosquito dunks or granules, which are a form of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and effective against the gnat larvae.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

“And then agin, Lige, Ah’m gointuh tell yuh. Ah’m gointuh run dis conversation from uh gnat heel to uh lice. It’s nature dat keeps uh man off of uh red-hot stove.”

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston