How to Use mosquito in a Sentence

mosquito

noun

• The aerosol droplets from the spray kill mosquitoes on contact in the air.
  — Maria Lovato, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• That is enough to keep ticks and mosquitoes at bay for the rest of the summer.
  — Margeaux Sippell, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2018
• Some are deep in the woods, where feet slosh and sink and the air is thick with mosquitoes and the smell of salt marsh.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• The heat doesn’t bother him, and the mosquitoes don’t bite him.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
• The Dodgers flicked away the Padres like a pesky mosquito, outscoring them 23-9 in a three-game sweep.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2022
• In the evenings, the brothers would sit on the porch with their cousins, a rag burning to keep the mosquitoes away.
  — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 15 July 2019
• The pool also has a chiller and heater, and the yard has a mosquito system.
  — Lisa Zapalac, Houston Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2017
• Back yards are fenced in to keep out mosquitoes the size of bald eagles.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 3 Feb. 2020
• There still was a little snow in the shadows and the mosquitoes were not bad.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2019
• In one, the sun shines through the treetops, mosquitoes buzz, and there's an endless vista of green and brown.
  — Anna Bader, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
• The bites look like mosquito or flea bites, with a swollen, red spot that could itch or hurt.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
• Here are some of the best ways to get rid of mosquitoes entirely.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
• Settled on the mesh just above my right eye is a mosquito.
  — Francine Prose, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
• Utilize screens to keep mosquitos and flies out but let in the crisp air to cool your home overnight.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
• Without the gel, the larvae would have emerged as adult mosquitoes in search of a blood meal.
  — Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019
• Sand flies are a fourth of the size of mosquitoes and do not need standing water to breed.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
• Two of the boys are later seen sitting at the front of a squad car and one of them was trying to avoid the mosquitoes.
  — Jacob Taylor /, NBC News, 12 July 2018
• Know when mosquitoes are most active in your area—and make a game plan.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 30 June 2023
• The best way to avoid a West Nile infection is to avoid mosquito bites.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 5 Sep. 2019
• The best way to prevent dengue is to avoid mosquito bites, according to the CDC.
  — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 10 July 2024
• After all, the best way not to get Zika is to avoid mosquito bites.
  — Rose Minutaglio, PEOPLE.com, 3 July 2019
• Keep Your Yard Tidy Adult mosquitoes like to hide out in vegetation from the heat of the day.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
• The species in the study is the same kind of mosquito that spreads viruses such as dengue and chikungunya among humans.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
• In fact, the fur provides some protection from the sun as well as flies and mosquitoes.
  — Fiza Pirani, ajc, 20 June 2018
• Guerra has thrown open his windows and doors, and all that seems to do is let more mosquitoes in.
  — Michael Smith, Bloomberg.com, 12 Sep. 2017
• The falling rain and snow textured the paintings and the swarming mosquitoes made lumps on them.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 30 Oct. 2017
• Now that summer is in full swing, mosquitoes have come out across the United States.
  — Hailey A. Luker, The Conversation, 10 July 2023
• Most looked like mosquito bites but others swelled to golf ball-sized welts.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• Some mosquitoes have a small genetic change that seems to disrupt this journey.
  — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 July 2025
• This follows mosquitoes testing positive for the virus in the Tyler Park and Highlands neighborhoods earlier this month.
  — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 July 2025