How to Use insecticide in a Sentence

insecticide

noun

• To fight back the swarms, the owner doused the sheep in a wash of the insecticide permethrin.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2018
• If that doesn't work, pour straight boric acid on the colony, or use an insecticide spray.
  — Angela Watson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021
• An insecticide is being used to kill the fleas that are spreading the disease to the prairie dogs.
  — Emily Caron, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• Years after the mass bee deaths, the insecticide was still present.
  — Betsy Hammond, OregonLive.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• Many of these types of products contain oil as the insecticide which can burn the foliage of the plants.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 22 June 2024
• The insecticide made its way into the food chain and caused eggshells to become frail and brittle.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
• But a federal ban of the insecticide in 1972 helped lead to a resurgence for the bird of prey, Shimmel said.
  — Eugene Register-Guard, OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
• There’s no need to pull out the insecticide, DeVries says.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 16 May 2022
• But bed nets need to be replaced every 3 years, as the insecticide wears off and nets tear.
  — Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 17 Aug. 2020
• At night, mix some of the insecticide Sevin in a sprinkler can and apply it to the nesting area to eliminate the bees.
  — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2017
• The bad news is that there is almost no way to address the problem with insecticides.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2018
• It's used in insecticide sprays and shampoos and creams that treat lice and scabies.
  — Amy Norton, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2018
• The insecticide sprays for yellow jackets are labeled for use as spray to treat the nest.
  — oregonlive, 20 Sep. 2020
• Soap further washes away the trail (and acts as an insecticide to boot), while witch hazel helps with the shelf life of the finished product.
  — Allison Young, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2017
• As the swarms reached Kenya this month, the UN appealed for $70m to pay for, among other things, the aerial spraying of insecticide in east Africa.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2020
• An insecticide bath took care of the bugs on the sheep, and a hard freeze in November eliminated the ones in the paddock.
  — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 28 June 2019
• One colony got treated with all three insecticides, one at a time.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 2 July 2019
• Then apply insecticides, as needed, in May or June, before the eggs have a chance to hatch.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2024
• Some like the soap and oil sprays are contact insecticides that must hit the mealybugs to be effective.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
• Carson sounded the alarm over the dire insecticide threat to that abundance.
  — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2020
• Try using an insecticide rinse to wash away the residue left behind.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2024
• The insecticide Sevin is used for controlling most of the beetles.
  — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 18 Aug. 2017
• This can be done by using a systemic insecticide through a soil drench.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2024
• The spray can travel about 15 feet, keeping you out of harm’s way while the residual insecticide eliminates the rest of the nest.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
• Stay alert to bronzing and crinkling of the leaves and apply an insecticide as needed.
  — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• Flumethrin is a pyrethroid insecticide that is only used in one product: Seresto.
  — Johnathan Hettinger, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021
• The effects of this powerful insecticide can last for up to 12 months.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
• The nymphs are sheltered within the cupped leaves and are very difficult to treat with a contact insecticide.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2021
• The gardener’s insecticide that killed the aphids on the roses, releasing the old, rich, scented breeze that had infected him with self-confidence.
  — Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
• Several affordable insecticide treatments fend off the emerald ash borer and can be sprayed onto trees.
  — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Jan 2025