How to Use bloodsucker in a Sentence

bloodsucker

noun
  • Our landlord, the bloodsucker, just raised our rent again.
  • The bloodsuckers perched on the tent screen, waiting for my dog Cora and me to emerge.
    Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 July 2017
  • In fact, bloodsuckers are vital to the health of our planet.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Dec. 2019
  • In a world overrun by bloodsuckers, there's a new vampire hunter on the loose.
    Esquire, 1 Sep. 2016
  • Landscape Your Yard The bitty bloodsuckers are drawn to places that are damp, dark and cool.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
  • The half-inch-long bloodsuckers are up to five times bigger than a typical cat flea.
    Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2018
  • The suspenseful trailer shows the captors trying to figure out the best way to kill the young bloodsucker.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The team then dabbed a little sweat on the outside of the fabric, which immediately drew in the bloodsuckers.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Fleas These bloodsuckers are out in force during the summer, so check your pets and yourself often.
    Good Housekeeping, 6 Aug. 2017
  • Science Over the last few years, a team of researchers in Alaska has been testing ticks found around the state to see what kind of threat the tiny bloodsuckers pose to humans, pets and wildlife.
    Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 11 June 2023
  • The scientists hope to follow up and figure out how the ancient tick fits into the family tree of the bloodsuckers.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 Dec. 2017
  • To protect themselves from armies of bloodsuckers, researchers don mesh head nets, use bug dope with 40 percent Deet, and cover up with long sleeves and pants.
    Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 July 2013
  • Plenty of the bloodsuckers live in urban parks and neighborhoods.
    USA TODAY, 21 July 2019
  • Daphnia pulex's common name comes from the fact that the translucent creature often appears deep red, like a bloodsucker.
    Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 4 Feb. 2011
  • Through their bites, these bloodsuckers pick up the bacteria that cause Lyme disease from white-footed mice and then spread those microbes to people.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 11 July 2017
  • Eddie Murphy plays the titular bloodsucker in this comedic vamp around ’90s Brooklyn.
    Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The breakout show furthered the story of a bloodsucker named Angel (David Boreanaz) whom the Romany cursed with a soul as punishment for a century of mass murder.
    Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 21 June 2019
  • As a precaution, exterminators sprayed every floor of City Hall to get rid of the little bloodsuckers.
    USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Those methods have failed to make a tick detach and could also cause the tiny bloodsucker to regurgitate into the bite, causing other issues.
    Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2021
  • The bloodsuckers pose a serious health threat in Shasta County, where record levels of West Nile virus are being detected.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Yet even as mortal heroines embraced their bloodsucker paramours, storytellers held them at arm’s length.
    Time, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Jacob Anderson stars as Louis, an immortal bloodsucker with a long life story to tell.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • For a bloodsucker, learning and remembering information about its hosts will help keep it alive, the authors write.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2015
  • The bloodsuckers of reality may be less horrific, or not.
    James Gorman, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The unifying figure is Dollar, who plays a vampire queen named Sophie in a cabal of bickering bloodsuckers.
    Noel Murray, latimes.com, 5 July 2018
  • When the tick attaches to a human, that infection-causing bacterium, virus, or parasite can be passed along as the little bloodsucker engorges its body with your blood.
    Karen Pallarito, Health.com, 25 June 2020
  • More: The bloodsuckers of 'Vampire Uprising' are demanding their civil rights!
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 July 2018
  • Still, at least one citizen scientist sees the chupacabra as both a cultural phenomenon and a modern spin on the world’s most storied bloodsucker.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Their itchy, swollen bites are notoriously unpleasant, and the tiny bloodsuckers can spread a host of diseases, including the Zika virus, West Nile virus, and, more rarely but recently in some parts of the country, malaria.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 12 July 2023
  • Iconic portrait reported as stolen after a decoy hung in its place for months Ancient human bloodsucker?
    Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022

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