maggot

Example Sentences

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One of the threats made online that he cited: “hang him when convicted from fraud and let his lifeless body hang in public until maggots drip out his mouth.”

From New York Times

In the weeks and months after Sheila died, her neighbours made repeated attempts to raise the alarm about a "smell of death" and an infestation of maggots in their south London block.

From BBC

Chantel, who asked us not to use her real name, says she called Peabody but was told it does not deal with maggots.

From BBC

You can also pick out the Houdini fly maggots waiting to hatch and squeeze them to death.

From Seattle Times

The bedroom ceiling started leaking one day, then maggots started coming out of the living room carpet, and then raw sewage started flowing out of the kitchen sink, she said.

From Salon