mosquito
Example Sentences
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I cross a streambed and am swarmed by mosquitos.
From Literature
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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
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Most kids, by then, are bored with summer and itchy from mosquito bites and poison ivy and nothing to do.
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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
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