How to Use flea in a Sentence

flea

noun

• The flea’s barbed tail gets caught in the throats of fish, so fish spit them out.
  — Tim Folger, Environment, 2 Dec. 2020
• Rats and fleas in parts of the country carry the bubonic plague.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2023
• Unlike the brown rat, the black rat is known to have carried plague through fleas on its body.
  — Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 27 July 2023
• Twice a year, the tiny town of Hillsville, Virginia hosts one of the largest flea markets in the United States.
  — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 31 May 2021
• The fish were spawning, bunched in the shallows thicker than fleas on a hound.
  — Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
• Talk to your vet about shampoos and flea treatments, and ways to wash away odors.
  — Medea Giordano, Wired, 4 June 2020
• At one time, there were more surf shops in this one town than fleas on a junkyard dog.
  — Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2024
• So a tiff over web design brings elephant and flea jokes to mind.
  — Deanna Isaacs, Chicago Reader, 27 Mar. 2018
• Many pet owners turn to flea treatments as a quick fix.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2023
• Mentor would score on a flea flicker but missed the extra point with 5:41 left in the game.
  — cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
• Rory was checked out by a vet and, aside from some fleas, was given a clean bill of health.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2024
• One was a flea flicker that resulted in a 42-yard pass, which led to a field goal.
  — Gregg Doyel, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
• Irwin caught what may have been one of the best flea-flicker throws this season.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2022
• Diseases spread by ticks, mosquitoes and fleas more than tripled in the U.S.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., chicagotribune.com, 12 June 2018
• Cases of the disease increased, as did plague, spread by fleas.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• The flea flicker is seen by many as a gadget play, but not so much for McDaniels.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 8 Dec. 2022
• This was the only thing our family could do, buy and sell at the flea markets.
  — Zakary Sonntag, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2022
• Along with fruit flies, gnats, and fleas, these tiny bugs can be very annoying.
  — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 July 2023
• The poor pup weighed just 42 pounds and had never been treated for fleas or heartworm.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2018
• In the Middle Ages, plague caused a pandemic called the Black Death and was thought to spread by fleas carried by rats.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
• These are the flea droppings and are a good indicator that your dog has fleas.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
• The Cougars set up their first touchdown on a flea-flicker, as King hit a wide-open Dunbar for 48 yards to the 1-yard line.
  — Joseph Duarte, Houston Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2017
• Dog grooming, for instance, no longer means a flea bath and a clipping.
  — Peter Haldeman, New York Times, 4 July 2018
• Brush piles can harbor ticks, rodents, fleas, and snakes.
  — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2019
• Berg and a buddy would scour thrift shops and flea markets along the coast, looking for treasures.
  — Special To The News-Press, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2022
• All were weak and malnourished, plus covered in fleas and dirt.
  — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Throughout, the decor is a mix of flea-market treasures and fine antiques.
  — Elisabeth Malkin, ELLE Decor, 20 Feb. 2018
• For starters, the Bears’ third quarter flea-flicker didn’t work as designed.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2020
• While the fleas die in the human gut, Guinea worms—which are impervious to stomach acid—survive and start mating.
  — Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2024
• He was estimated to be around 8 to 10 years old, with a severe flea allergy (causing his hair loss), was missing several teeth and was heartworm positive.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 23 Mar 2025