How to Use mite in a Sentence

mite

noun

• Over time, these mites consume both the rye flour and the cheese's surface.
  — Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2024
• How could something that wasn’t even designed to kill mites work?
  — Time, 3 July 2023
• The biggest scourge to bees is tiny—a mite the size of a pinhead that feeds on them and spreads deadly viruses.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 4 June 2021
• The female mite burrows into the skin in areas like between the fingers, in the wrist area, and the armpit.
  — Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
• The nest material will be soiled and mites could be present.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Key Takeaways Dust mites are tiny pests that feed on dead skin cells from humans and pets.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 11 July 2023
• The mite feeds on bees’ fat reserves and has devastated colonies across the world.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
• Have a look at this website for more information on the syndrome and here for the mite.
  — oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2021
• This virus spread by a tiny mite distorts the flowers and causes weird bunches of bright red stems to grow.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2020
• Gene said an insect called the oak itch mite feeds on cicada eggs.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
• Davignon said her first task was to get rid of any remaining mites.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
• The parasitic tracheal mite is no more welcome to a hive.
  — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
• This is quite unlike many other types of mites, like lice or bedbugs.
  — Christin Perry, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
• In addition to fiery ants, the frogs also feast on flies, mites, maggots and spiders. 4.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
• Steadily, a mite awkwardly at first, the twin stories build.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
• Paintings by Mondrian have seemed a mite wonky to my eye when hung on the curved walls along the slanting ramp of the Guggenheim Museum.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
• This treatment should also help avoid mealybugs, mites, thrips, and whiteflies.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
• Spider mites are mites — not insects — and the broad-spectrum pesticide kills all the good insects that would have loved to have eaten the spider mites.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• The pillow is also antimicrobial to protect you from mites and dust.
  — Jack Byram, Health, 12 Apr. 2023
• The extension office has not yet confirmed an actual oak leaf itch mite in Louisville as no one has found a sample.
  — Sylvia Goodman, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2021
• Return to menu This ritual started in a time when people needed good weather to lug rugs outside and beat them to release dust and mites.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• These sprays are great for controlling mites, aphids, leafhoppers, whiteflies, and hard scale insects.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2024
• Tests later confirmed that P-22 had been exposed to rat poison and was suffering from mange, a parasitic mite.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2022
• Rose rosette virus, transmitted by a mite, was used as a biocontrol for troublesome wild hedges of Rosa multiflora in the Midwest.
  — oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2022
• Some pesticides can harm minute pirate bugs, lacewings and predatory mites or spiders, which are some of the very beneficials that help us in our fight against this and other pests.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
• Wood said an increase in ticks, fleas and mites can lead to an increase in diseases transmitted by the bloodsucking insects, such as Lyme disease.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Eyelid scrubs like this one help soothe inflamed eyelids and treat some eye conditions like mites and blepharitis.
  — Sherri Gordon, Verywell Health, 16 Feb. 2024
• Repellent can also help, as can treating your yard with acaricides — a type of pesticide focused on ticks and mites.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
• The Varroa destructor mite evolved to live on (and consume the body fat of) Asian honeybees, which are smaller than their European counterparts.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
• Although lowered, the driving position still feels a mite too high, and taller occupants might struggle for headroom.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 3 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024