mosquito

Example Sentences

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They spent a few hours laughing and talking before roaring off on their bikes, like a swarm of loud mosquitoes.

From Literature

Most kids, by then, are bored with summer and itchy from mosquito bites and poison ivy and nothing to do.

From Literature

Female mosquitoes that had recently taken a blood meal were separated and studied in the lab.

From Science Daily

As I escorted the woozy client through the waiting room and out the door, I felt an itch of guilt begin to bother my conscience like a mosquito bite.

From Literature

Insect controls across the entire region also helped prevent the spread of diseases through mosquitoes, ticks and flies.

From Barron's