How to Use gnat in a Sentence

gnat

noun

• The sky is cooling; the gnats and flies have grown still among the flowers.
  — Zuyi Zhao, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
• The gnat does not attack the plant, its larvae feed on the feeder roots of the tree.
  — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2022
• The plant gives the gnat baby a safe place to eat and develop.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018
• The stinging, biting gnats were out in force, a cloud around us in no time.
  — Andrew Boyd, NOLA.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• From April to June, biting gnats can be all over the island.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2023
• No one’s trying to kill the gnat or the pondberry bush.
  — NBC News, 13 June 2019
• For those bugs, check out our guides on how to get rid of gnats and how to make a homemade fly trap.
  — Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
• All right, so our best guess is that it — there were these little, kind of gnats around.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 31 July 2019
• Just pop the trap right in the soil like a stake, and wait for gnats to be attracted to the bright yellow sticky trap.
  — Helen Bradshaw, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
• The best way to clean your sink to avoid flies and gnats is with vinegar and baking soda.
  — Danielle Tullo, House Beautiful, 18 June 2018
• The diatomaceous earth cuts back on the gnats being able to lay eggs on the soil surface.
  — oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
• Some internet trends, on the other hand, have the lifespan of a gnat.
  — WIRED, 2 Dec. 2022
• Along with fruit flies, gnats, and fleas, these tiny bugs can be very annoying.
  — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 July 2023
• The sky above the city would be covered in flying vehicles as thick as swarms of gnats.
  — Pete Bigelow, Car and Driver, 2 Oct. 2017
• For the past three years, my home has been infested with biting gnats.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• Discoloration, sticky leaves, webbing, or small gnats hiding in the soil are all signs to pass on the plant.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024
• Here are the most effective ways to get rid of gnats, instantly.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2023
• The non-greasy bug spray works to protect against mosquitoes, ticks, gnats, flies, and chiggers.
  — Casey Clark, Peoplemag, 4 July 2023
• Captain Mike Carter reports no current in his end of the lake, above Goose Pond, plus billion of gnats.
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 16 June 2017
• It might be focused on getting its protein fix and catching a flying gnat right out of the air.
  — Jessica Pollock, The Conversation, 23 Aug. 2019
• That cherished principle is but a gnat to be batted away by the mayor.
  — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• The virus that causes EHD is carried by a biting gnat known as a midge and is both contagious and fatal.
  — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
• The destruction of the gnats was then thought to be virtually complete.
  — Rachel Carson, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 1950
• Few things can put a damper on conversation than pesky little gnats that fly around.
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 12 July 2024
• The mussels are almost like the swarms of gnats that swallow your backyard barbecue.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
• Bost wipes his face with spicebush leaves, a natural repellent for a cloud of gnats.
  — Robert Langellier, National Geographic, 24 June 2019
• Some of their favorite bugs includes small flies and gnats, ants, tiny insect eggs, larva and even small spiders.
  — Jessica Pollock, The Conversation, 23 Aug. 2019
• In addition to keeping ticks away, these wipes can also help scare off gnats, biting flies, and fleas.
  — Steven Rowe, Health, 28 Aug. 2023
• From the dry cleaner’s to the stationery store, from Zabar’s to Barney Greengrass, Chloe pursues the siblings, as pesky and insistent as a gnat.
  — The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
• There are species of gnat and fly that routinely make their homes within magic mushrooms.
  — Gareth Cook, Scientific American, 24 June 2020

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024