How to Use mosquito in a Sentence

mosquito

noun
  • Oh, and there are a lot of mosquitoes.
    — Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Even if just to avoid the mosquitos.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Use bug spray to avoid bites from mosquitoes.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • It is known to work against mosquitoes and ticks for up to six hours.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026
  • There were no flies or mosquitoes.
    — Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026
  • Marigolds keep aphids, mosquitoes and flies away.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
  • The goal isn’t to fight mosquitoes.
    — Ryan Brennan april 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Back yards are fenced in to keep out mosquitoes the size of bald eagles.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The bites look like mosquito or flea bites, with a swollen, red spot that could itch or hurt.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Clary had installed the screen door to keep out the flies and mosquitos.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Know when mosquitoes are most active in your area—and make a game plan.
    — Julia Ries, SELF, 30 June 2023
  • Just bring some mosquito spray.
    — Pam Leblanc, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2026
  • All of the wonder with none of the mosquitoes.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
  • All of the wonder with none of the mosquitoes.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
  • Cedar mulch is the one mulch that could help keep mosquitoes away in summer.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
  • The aerosol droplets from the spray kill mosquitoes on contact in the air.
    — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • That is enough to keep ticks and mosquitoes at bay for the rest of the summer.
    — Margeaux Sippell, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2018
  • Where the sun shines most days and there are no mosquitos to drive you indoors?
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Bossel says that one colony of bats can eat thousands of mosquitoes in a week.
    — Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026
  • The sun had set, and mosquitoes swarmed up from the grass below.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Knols points out that humans have long been at war with mosquitoes.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • Can mosquitoes bite through clothes?
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Most looked like mosquito bites but others swelled to golf ball-sized welts.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • The low mosquito buzz of a lawn mower.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
  • West Nile virus is spread through mosquitoes.
    — CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The heat doesn’t bother him, and the mosquitoes don’t bite him.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
  • Get a head start on heading off mosquitoes.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Use leftover peels to keep ants, mosquitoes, and aphids away.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • By the end of each trip, our clothes were soaked and our skin bitten raw by mosquitoes.
    — Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But a mosquito will often smell you first.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Aug. 2025

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