How to Use swatter in a Sentence

swatter

noun

• Even King Tut, Mr. Dunn notes, was buried with a fly swatter.
  — Lisa Margonelli, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018
• The Biden campaign had even added a fly swatter to its merchandise by the end of the evening.
  — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2020
• Here's how you can get rid of house flies without having to spend your days with a swatter.
  — Brie Dyas, Country Living, 28 July 2022
• The Aztecs were among the first programs to recruit him and remain in the hunt for the left-handed shot swatter with a 7-7 wingspan.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022
• The $10 fly swatter went up for sale quickly after the debate.
  — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2020
• Get this intense fly swatter, made out of leather with an ash wood handle.
  — Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2019
• One group had to improve a fly swatter and another had to find a way to improve the lives of pet owners.
  — Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 5 June 2018
• Back on the debate stage, Harris closes the moment by promptly smacking Pence on the head with a bright red swatter.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2020
• And just like the last time Dixon vaulted into the lead in the last race of the season, one of Castroneves’ Team Penske comrades is looking for a swatter.
  — Brant James, USA TODAY Sports, 3 Sep. 2017
• Here comes safety Miles Killebrew, knocking the ball down like a human fly swatter.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2017
• In fact, some have argued that swatters merely take advantage of a system that’s way too quick to use force.
  — German Lopez, Vox, 5 June 2018
• Neither police nor Finch knew that the hoax had been called in by a serial swatter Tyler Barriss.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2019
• The BugView deserves a place on store shelves next to fly swatters and Raid — not as a touchy-feely, compassionate alternative, but as the right tool for the job most of the time.
  — Mike Pearl, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• Although mangabeys are known to use tools, researchers have not yet observed them wielding fly swatters.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 12 July 2019
• Finally, though, in that case, the swatter was prosecuted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
  — Zeynep Tufekci, The Atlantic, 28 May 2020
• Law enforcement identified a 15 year old boy as the swatter.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2019
• Despite the extreme heat, butchers laid out raw meat on the hoods of their cars, whacking away flies with branches or fly swatters jury-rigged with plastic bags.
  — Valerie Hopkins Emile Ducke, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• A good old fly swatter is also effective, but is not very sanitary.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2017
• Some swatters are trolls who do this for laughs and personal entertainment.
  — German Lopez, Vox, 5 June 2018
• Even the Biden campaign was quick to seize on the viral moment, releasing a picture of the Democratic candidate clutching a fly swatter.
  — Spencer Neale, Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2020
• Allen showed some defensive chops in his second pro season, evolving from a simple shot swatter to a solid back-line anchor.
  — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• Plug-in zappers and handheld electric swatters are also available, but these are designed more for low-scale and domestic use.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2023
• A: Break out the fly swatters and butterfly nets, as there are no reliable controls for moths returning to local landscapes.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 July 2017
• The Biden campaign first capitalized on the fly moment by making a meme out of it, with Biden's account tweeting a photo of the former vice president with a fly swatter.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2020
• Not realizing a gas canister in his home was leaking, the man used an electric fly swatter and caused an explosion that destroyed his kitchen and damaged the roof of his home.
  — Andrews McMeel Syndication, Star Tribune, 2 Oct. 2020
• Within minutes, the Biden Campaign jumped in on the fly jokes, tweeting a photo of the Democratic presidential nominee with a fly swatter.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2020
• The bobblehead includes the fly on Pence’s head, a plexiglass-like barrier and a removable mini swatter.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020
• The Biden campaign’s turnaround time for jokey merchandise has sped up, unveiling a fly swatter roughly an hour after Wednesday’s debate.
  — Ryan Teague Beckwith, Bloomberg.com, 8 Oct. 2020
• Philadelphia’s Animal Care and Control Team established the program about four years ago to place unadoptable cats — the biters and the skittish, the swatters and the ones who won’t use a litter box — into jobs as mousers at barns or stables.
  — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2017
• The Chinese government and business powers swatted at an annoying fly with a nuclear fly swatter.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2019

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