mosquito

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Barron's

Tired of spending frigid winters shoveling snow, or of sweating bullets and swatting mosquitoes in the summer?

From MarketWatch

I look down at my arms—littered with tiny red welts from mosquitoes that apparently decided to use me as their pizza party.

From Literature