bedbug

noun

bed·bug ˈbed-ˌbəg

: a wingless bloodsucking hemipterous bug (Cimex lectularius) sometimes infesting houses and especially beds and feeding on human blood

Examples of bedbug in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Mattresses and box springs must not be severely damaged, wet, twisted, frozen, soiled or infested with bedbugs, a city statement reads. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023 Inspectors also validated a guest's bedbug complaint at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in June. —

Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2023 Tenant affirms that they were notified of the building’s history of bedbugs, perhaps after having already paid a good-faith deposit and signing a few pages of the lease, but notified nonetheless! 29. —

Sam Spero, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023 These 7 Las Vegas resorts had bedbug complaints within past 18 months Most Facebook users have days to claim settlement money. —

Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023 Used clothing, furniture and pantry items can be a common hiding spot for moths and their larvae, while bedbugs hitch rides on luggage and secondhand furniture. —

Lori Keong, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023 This is quite unlike many other types of mites, like lice or bedbugs. —

Christin Perry, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023 Rats and bedbugs take up a lot of space in New York pest discourse. —

Curbed, 21 Apr. 2023 Meanwhile, residents reported unsanitary conditions in the rooms, from bedbugs to insufficient plumbing, even as hotel owners received millions of dollars from the state. —

Joanna Slater, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2023 See More

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