bloodsucking
Example Sentences
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I asked whether Dafoe thought a movie about a bloodsucking, diseased creature and the horror he unleashes on a 19th Century German town was the perfect antidote to a day of family festivities.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024
Ticks are small, eight-legged bloodsucking parasites — arachnids, not insects — that feed on animals and sometimes people.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Kluh and her team aren’t as worried about a mosquito invasion at the moment, but she said this is the time to take preventative measures ahead of warmer weather to stave off the bloodsucking insects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Their skin is thick with tight fuzzed hair, which makes it less amenable to bloodsucking insects like mosquitoes.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 24, 2024
And when I came up to the cage to see these ugly bloodsucking creatures, I had to look right into this little kid’s face that had a smirk on it.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
