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

They glided down onto us like tiny, bloodsucking men in parachutes.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor