Sentence Examples

1. He fell forwards reflexively and heard the mosquito zip of a high-velocity bullet whipping past his head.
2. There, buzzing in the air at the tip of his nose, was a lone mosquito.
3. They have a keen sense of when to stock extra lemon cream for the mosquito season and will give directions to the Old Stone Mill for a modest tip.
4. It was a full-grown mosquito, one that had lain frozen in a dry log all winter and that had now been thawed out by the sun.
5. I was as much affected by the faint hum of a mosquito making its invisible and unimaginable tour through my apartment at earliest dawn, when I was sitting with door and windows open, as I could be by any trumpet that ever sang of fame.
6. Navarrete and Ticknor both incline to the belief that Cervantes knew who he was but I must say I think the anger he shows suggests an invisible assailant it is like the irritation of a man stung by a mosquito in the dark.
7. A mosquito began to annoy her and she rose and walked on farther, too distracted to bother marking her trail.
8. Mosquito swarms huddled in areas behind the flowered weeds creating a loud buzzing noise.
9. All she knew was that she was thankful for bats that kept the pesky mosquito population down.
10. I turned my stick over the crackling fire, swatting an occasional fly or mosquito away from my face, the stars bright in the inky sky above.