How to Use mosquito in a Sentence

mosquito

noun

• The Dodgers flicked away the Padres like a pesky mosquito, outscoring them 23-9 in a three-game sweep.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2022
• In one, the sun shines through the treetops, mosquitoes buzz, and there's an endless vista of green and brown.
  — Anna Bader, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
• Here are some of the best ways to get rid of mosquitoes entirely.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
• Settled on the mesh just above my right eye is a mosquito.
  — Francine Prose, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
• Utilize screens to keep mosquitos and flies out but let in the crisp air to cool your home overnight.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
• Sand flies are a fourth of the size of mosquitoes and do not need standing water to breed.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
• Know when mosquitoes are most active in your area—and make a game plan.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 30 June 2023
• The species in the study is the same kind of mosquito that spreads viruses such as dengue and chikungunya among humans.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
• Now that summer is in full swing, mosquitoes have come out across the United States.
  — Hailey A. Luker, The Conversation, 10 July 2023
• Most looked like mosquito bites but others swelled to golf ball-sized welts.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• Make sure your rain barrel seals to keep out mosquitoes.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
• The mosquitoes that spread it breed in natural habitats, in the pools left by shifting streams and heavy rains.
  — Stephanie Nolen Tiksa Negeri, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• The moisture may also mean a banner year for weeds and mosquitoes.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• There’s also a loop and button to secure the hood around the face, a handy feature when dealing with mosquitoes.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2023
• The virus spreads after a mosquito bites an infected bird and then bites a human.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• Areas known to have high populations of mosquitos are being fogged at night to kill the bug and help prevent the spread of the West Nile virus.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2023
• And stagnant pools of water are the perfect breeding grounds for mosquitos to lay their eggs.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
• One mosquito that can transmit West Nile virus has been moving north and has been found in Alaska.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2022
• Those were just a few of my adventures during a year of reporting on mosquitoes for The New York Times.
  — Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Tree swallows will push the season to late April, even without mosquitoes.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
• Others lay sick under a tree as mosquitoes buzzed around them.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• When a mosquito bites, the saliva contains a protein that causes the itching.
  — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
• Nothing gets a female mosquito going quite like the stench of human BO.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022
• Inmates endure long, dark, cold winters as well as clouds of mosquitoes in the summer.
  — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2023
• That saved us from paying someone to come out each month to spray for flies, ants, spiders, mosquitoes and crickets.
  — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
• For example, no-one has a good word to say about the cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, or termites that share our homes.
  — Steve Nicholls, Time, 2 Aug. 2023
• It’s where most pathogens enter our bodies unless you get exposed to them through a cut or a vector like a mosquito or a tick.
  — Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2022
• The tent comes with mosquito netting that when gathered around the tent poles, looks like the elegant drapes of royalty on a picnic.
  — Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
• An infected person, meanwhile, can spread the virus to a healthy mosquito.
  — Sarah Sloat, NBC News, 1 July 2022
• In order to let mosquito bites heal, don't scratch—that raises the risk that the bite will become infected, Dr. Cutler says.
  — Women's Health, 1 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024