How to Use flypaper in a Sentence

flypaper

noun
  • Clouds of flies were so thick that dead ones dropped off flypaper strips hanging over tables in the dining hall.
    — Beth Nakamura, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 26 Oct. 2022
  • If a bat comes in contact with flypaper, its fur and wings can be torn, causing a tremendous amount of pain.
    — Joy Johnston, ajc, 29 June 2017
  • Handing a candy cane to a child is like volunteering to coat your home in flypaper.
    — Drew Magary, GQ, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Like flypaper, these sticky plants ensnare many of the tiny creatures that are unfortunate enough to land there.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2015
  • And bad situations are as much a part of what Brown brings as precise route-running and flypaper hands.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But on the other end of the spectrum (and far more plentiful) are scenes like a 54-second shot of flypaper.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Tucker is more your stick-to-’em-like-flypaper cover cornerback.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Inside the store, a long strip of yellowish-brown flypaper dangled from the ceiling, and dozens of small insects were stuck to the surface.
    — Michael A. Gonzales, The Root, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Using a pneumatic control system, an operator can make the bot turn corners and even squeeze itself through a narrow crack between two pieces of sticky flypaper.
    — Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 20 July 2017
  • The tire change alone makes the car a delight; the cushioning effect of the taller sidewalls and flypaper stick of the Advans make bumps disappear and corners straighten.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2022
  • In a dank home in the village of Malotaranivka on the outskirts of Kramatorsk, speckled twists of flypaper hung from the living room ceiling.
    — Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2022
  • With flypaper-like hands in help defense and 44% accuracy on catch-and-shoot three-pointers, Covington became one of their top targets to retain.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Unsuspecting proteins that typically interact with the bait are immobilized as well; the rest of the protein pool is flushed away, leaving a set of associated proteins on the surface, like flies on flypaper.
    — Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2015

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