How to Use maggot in a Sentence

maggot

noun

• The rotten meat was infested with maggots.
• When the boy’s dressings are changed, maggots fall to the floor.
  — Abeer Salman, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
• The maggots then become a source of food for a range of creatures.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
• Through the ice, a tiny tungsten jig tipped with maggots is the ticket.
  — David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
• His foot was covered with maggots and hair full of lice.
  — Binaj Gurubacharya, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• Claire sends Bree out to hunt for maggots and sits at Jamie’s bedside.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2020
• And once the eggs hatch, the newborn maggots start to feed on the host’s skin, which can lead to infections.
  — Bygennaro Tomma, science.org, 11 July 2024
• On State Street throngs crowd and push, Wriggle and writhe like maggots.
  — George Will, Twin Cities, 30 June 2019
• These go after green fruit still on the tree, and the maggots get bigger inside the fruit.
  — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Jan. 2018
• Bloody Mary could contain up to four maggots and 20 or more fruit fly eggs.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
• Or that cup of juice could contain one or more maggots.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• The tomato juice in that 14-ounce Bloody Mary could contain up to four maggots and 20 or more fruit fly eggs.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Remo, a Maltese, had maggots in its fur, ears and eyes when it was found.
  — Max Londberg, kansascity, 10 Aug. 2017
• But the Black collectors were forced to ride the bus or walk home in their dank clothes covered in flecks of trash and maggots.
  — Kurtis Lee, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• The scent deters aphids, flea beetles, and onion maggots.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 17 July 2024
• His body is very dead, and a lot of it is sitting inside a maggot's belly.
  — refinery29.com, 28 May 2018
• The air reeks of urine and feces, and in a bowl on the ground, maggots writhe amid rotting flesh a vet has cut from one of the animal’s wounds.
  — Mirren Gidda, Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2017
• But after about 10 days, a soft spot will appear—a sign that the inside of the fruit is teeming with maggots.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2023
• The futon, the clothes, the newspapers and horse-racing stubs were covered with maggots and flies.
  — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2018
• Liang had lost about 66 pounds, his hair was full of lice and one foot was covered with maggots, BBC reports.
  — Ashley May, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2017
• Eggs of this fly-like insect are laid on the buds and hatch to enter as yellow maggot-like larvae.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2022
• The man also had maggots that were eating at his wounds, police wrote.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024
• In addition to fiery ants, the frogs also feast on flies, mites, maggots and spiders. 4.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
• Videos of rotten fruit mauled by maggots played in the elevators whisking guests to the 18th floor.
  — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2023
• From then on, Sherman was hooked like a maggot’s mouth to decaying flesh.
  — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2020
• Citrus juices are allowed five fly eggs or one maggot per cup.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• Trash juice and maggots would fall down their backs, covering their clothes and filling their shoes.
  — Jenny Jarvie, latimes.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• The maggots are fed food waste, such as the byproducts of soybean factories and breweries.
  — Mark Tutton, CNN, 9 May 2023
• So far, videos posted by users appear to show maggots, spiders, and other bugs crawling in and out of the berries.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 21 May 2020
• Finally, a maggot falls out of one of Enkidu’s nostrils.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024