Gnats

Word GNATS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /næts/

Definitions and meanings of "Gnats"

What do we mean by gnats?

Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

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The word "gnats" in example sentences

The intellectual muscle developed by straining at gnats is remarkable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One level taught the technique of swapping negative thoughts for positive ones, by getting players to zap malignant "gnats" - gloomy, negative automatic thoughts - to transform them into positive "sparks". ❋ Unknown (2010)

February sunbeam calls gnats out of the dead earth and sets them spinning. ❋ Edward Harrison Barker (1885)

Are * real* mosquitos sometimes (but rarely) called gnats in Britain? ❋ Unknown (2008)

In the meantime, let's get rid of the "gnats" too. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead of attacking healthcare reform -- a weak regulatory law for only 16% of the economy (swatting at 'gnats' as Condi Rice put it as she defended ignoring al-Qaeda for the USS Cole bombing pre-9/11; or an "ant" as John Boehner calls the financial meltdown) -- why not take down the FDA and go for the big enchilada? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Very funny and interesting conversations last night at dinner with not only Russell, but also my fellow "gnats" thanks, Bud! ❋ Unknown (2009)

As they walked on, Despard, against his will, flung into the air a quantity of winged torments, which he found stowed away in his wallet, such as gnats, wasps, and flies. ❋ Sophie May (1869)

The difficulties of faith are 'gnats' beside the 'camels' which unbelief has to swallow. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)

It consisted, at this time, of only twelve houses, and was dreadfully infested with musquitoes, a large kind of gnats, which abound in the swampy parts of all hot countries. ❋ William Bingley (1798)

SEATTLE - The "gnats" delivered a big bite Friday night for the Seattle Mariners. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Majesty, "this was of course the beautiful stairway of Francis I, which bears the lovely sculptured figures of Diane de Poitiers and other beauties of the time; but alas, the little Princess Marguerite had been stung by certain flies called gnats which quite spoiled her beautiful complexion, and, adds the frank sister," made her look quite an object. " ❋ Anne Hollingsworth Wharton (1886)

"Just as men do commonly fear beasts that are cruel and wild," he says, "and have no manner of fear of little ones such as gnats and flies, and yet because of the continual nuisance which they find them, complain more of these than they do of the other: so most men hate the unmannerly and untaught as much as they do the wicked, and more. ❋ Nella Henney (N/A)

Big black clouds of gnats zigzagged above the water in an oddly beautiful insect ballet. ❋ Lori Armstrong (2011)

I dig with my hands amid a frenzy of gnats, find the box of tools, and hobble back to the planks of driftwood. ❋ Lisa Genova (2011)

In addition to “has-been,” phrases like “flash in the pan” and “one-hit wonder” buzzed around my thoughts like annoying gnats. ❋ Todd Strasser (2011)

The horseflies and gnats Seena shooed for months swarm her now. ❋ Christina Meldrum (2011)

She wants to apologize—to acknowledge directly the horseflies, the gnats. ❋ Christina Meldrum (2011)

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