How to Use midge in a Sentence

midge

noun
  • The leaves are golden in fall, but the midges are still around.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 12 June 2025
  • Go in May to dodge midges and summer crowds.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
  • More midge means a higher chance of disease.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Why are there so many midge flies by Lake Michigan right now?
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Aphid Midge Pollen plants will bring aphid midges to your garden.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 11 May 2016
  • Summer months are best, and though midges are a pest, they can be tamed with bug spray and a light breeze.
    — Danielle Bernabe, National Geographic, 26 Apr. 2019
  • Once the first frost hits the adult midges will die off, ending the disease process for this year.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2024
  • And these are the best flies and tactics to use during a winter midge hatch.
    — John Fedorka, Field & Stream, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Calabrese noted that a day in the life of an adult midge can be very stressful.
    — Alexis Oatman, cleveland, 14 May 2021
  • When midges bite, a small welt can emerge that can be itchy and irritating.
    — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
  • The disease is caused by a virus and is spread by midges, small biting insects.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2019
  • People can think that because of their small size, midges are baby mayflies.
    — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 19 May 2020
  • Outbreaks happen around the time of droughts and stop after the first freeze, which kills the midges.
    — Gillian Stawiszynski, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Sometimes called black flies or midges, gnats are small, flying insects that live near rivers and streams.
    — Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 July 2024
  • The bugs are believed to be midges, which is actually good news.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 18 June 2018
  • Fly casters should try stoneflies, San Juan worms, and midges.
    — sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
  • If present these are the immature stages of the hibiscus midge.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
  • Clouds of midges are basically the singles bars for lake flies.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2018
  • Dry fly action has picked up, with anglers catching fish on small midges when the sun is shining.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Hemorrhagic disease is spread to deer through tiny flies, known as midge.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • These are perfect conditions for midges to hatch and cluster.
    — John Fedorka, Field & Stream, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Adults live only about a month, hunting flies, mosquitos, and midges.
    — National Geographic, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Anglers have had success using mysis shrimp trailed with a black or red midge pattern.
    — Colorado Parks & Wildlife, The Denver Post, 2 May 2017
  • In fact, since some species of midges are designed for frigid water, trout sometimes eat them right through the winter.
    — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 30 Mar. 2020
  • But when the midge population is low, fish die and birds don’t reproduce.
    — National Geographic, 8 Sep. 2016
  • The disease is transmitted by small flies called midge, and is not known to cause disease in humans.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Will the midge remain a prominent fixture in the series?
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • During the summer, the midges' entire life cycle can be completed in just a few weeks.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The disease is spread primarily through bites from midges and from some mosquitoes.
    — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2024
  • One such is the marine splash midge, a fly originally from Australia.
    — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017

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