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Examples of mosquito net in a Sentence
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People can also wear loose-fitting clothing that covers their arms and legs and use mosquito nets.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
The pair are lying in the dark on a makeshift living-room bed, underneath a mosquito net (a moment handled gorgeously by lighting designer Barbara Samuels, who leaves Raheem entirely in shadow, while Choton’s phone lights up only his own face).
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
The interiors are executed in a boho-chic, beachy style: airy canopy beds with mosquito nets have white frames with bamboo detailing, whereas straw shaded-lamps sit upon turquoise nightstands.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
Put a mosquito net over strollers and baby carriers.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
My room had a king-size bed covered with a mosquito net and a modern bathroom with separate shower and restroom facilities.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2023
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance bred and hatched its first egg in 2018, and today keeps a captive flock of 34 behind metal doors and mosquito nets on Maui.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
The dragging hems, the iridescent oil-slick fabrics, the conical shoulders, the enveloping gossamer garments whose point of creative departure was a mosquito net all looked like what an alien might pull from the closet for a summer weekend with earthlings.
—New York Times, 29 June 2022
The birds were safer at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s aviaries where mosquito nets prevented them from getting bitten.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1745, in the meaning defined above
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“Mosquito net.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mosquito%20net. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
mosquito net
noun
: a net for keeping out mosquitoes
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