Sentence example with the word 'gadfly'

gadfly

abettor, cajoler, encourager, gad, impeller, lash, oxgoad, prick, prompter, spark plug, stimulator, wheedler

Definition n. a persistently annoying person

Last update: May 5, 2016


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The horse was bitten by a gadfly. .   [noun]

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My mother always acted as a gadfly and I always get irritated by her.   [Please select]

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But Hera recognized Io and sent a gadfly to torment her.   [noun]

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The gadfly petrels pose a challenge to modern taxonomists.   [noun]

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Zeus punished him for his impiety by sending [259]a gadfly to sting the horse, who became so restive that he threw his rider, who was precipitated to the earth.   [noun]

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Why can't we put the Gadfly in commission, and take a coasting trip this summer.   [Please select]

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"Some gadfly stings him," said the Donna Teresa, fondly.   [Please select]

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The Moth was sound asleep when the Gadfly blew his trumpet.   [Please select]

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The gadfly had flown away, and Sindri bade his brother cease working.   [Please select]

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: Godman, 1831, +2+: 283-284 (migration); 284 (food; gadfly attacking both Woodland and Barren Ground Caribou); 285-293 (quotations from Franklin, 1823).   [Please select]

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