How to Use parasitic in a Sentence

parasitic

adjective

• But for the last six weeks, the anti-parasitic has flown off the shelves.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2021
• One of the biggest threats is the spread north of a parasitic brainworm.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Aug. 2020
• Leeches are parasitic worms, and some feed on the blood of their hosts.
  — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2019
• That is, if the parasitic fungus doesn’t get to them first.
  — Chrystelle L. Vilfranc, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2021
• The parasitic tracheal mite is no more welcome to a hive.
  — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
• It’s covered in ivy, which isn’t parasitic but is taking light away from the tree.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2022
• Since the 1950s, the US government has used it to tamp down screwworms, parasitic flies that feed on the flesh of livestock.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 28 June 2023
• The firm shares its name with a parasitic fish, native to the Amazon River basin, that drains the blood of larger fish.
  — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
• Ivermectin in a pill form is used to treat parasitic worms in humans.
  — Usa Today Network, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2021
• Tanaka hopes that this kind of research will open up the world of parasitic crickets to the public.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
• Some nasty species live in sand, too, such as parasitic insects called sand fleas.
  — Discover Magazine, 18 May 2018
• An Australian woman had a parasitic live worm plucked from her brain in a world first.
  — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Winter ticks are parasitic mites that can grow over half an inch, and they are known to target moose.
  — Allen Kim, CNN, 25 Feb. 2020
• Over time, the Trust hopes that the parasitic wasps could wipe out the moth eggs and stop their population from growing.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Feb. 2021
• Where does the idea that papaya is anti-parasitic come from?
  — Korin Miller, Health.com, 6 May 2021
• Like a parasitic virus hugging the face of a real letter.
  — Josh Lieb, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2024
• The final tally: more than 200 of the tiny, parasitic arachnids.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2021
• To show that fires make a dent in the lizards’ parasitic plight, Álvarez Ruiz and her colleagues trekked into the fire-prone wilds of eastern Spain.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 July 2021
• The plant responds to the parasitic worms with swelling, distorted growth, and dead areas.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2018
• Turns out Cordero had a brain-eating parasitic worm living in his left eye.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 13 Feb. 2018
• The museum is filled with monsters, from the Kraken to the Vampire, the Werewolf and the parasitic Tingler.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 June 2023
• In general, however, the parasitic worm lives in the lungs of rats.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
• The drug is approved for use against some parasitic worms, head lice and some skin conditions.
  — The Enquirer and Fox 19, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2021
• If that doesn't do the trick, there probably is a parasitic draw somewhere else.
  — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
• The parasitic plant is only found in two states — North and South Carolina.
  — Hunter Boyce, ajc, 9 June 2022
• That lab sent two worms to CDC’s parasitic diseases lab in Atlanta.
  — Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2018
• He was treated for mange [a skin disease caused by parasitic mites].
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
• And take a wild guess as to where the parasitic wasp Conobregma bradpitti got its name.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
• Bedbugs are small, parasitic insects that feed off the blood of humans.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2021
• Guinea worm infections are caused by a parasitic worm whose larvae can contaminate water.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Mar 2025