How to Use flypaper in a Sentence

flypaper

noun

• The burrs are from the L.A. River reeds that grow in my backyard, and the flypaper was hanging in Don’s studio.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2020
• The loose-limbed, dim-witted dog Pluto was an unequal match for a piece of flypaper.
  — Lily Rothman, Time, 15 Dec. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• And bad situations are as much a part of what Brown brings as precise route-running and flypaper hands.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Handing a candy cane to a child is like volunteering to coat your home in flypaper.
  — Drew Magary, GQ, 19 Dec. 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
• 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
• 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
• Tucker is more your stick-to-’em-like-flypaper cover cornerback.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2021
• Your paintings incorporate other materials: an army surplus jacked, old flypaper, burrs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 18 Aug 2024