Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use gadfly in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word gadfly? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
I am not a developer gadfly and my philosophy with films and developers has always been to stay with things that work well.
As expected groups such as the albatrosses, diving petrels, gadfly petrels, prions, and shearwaters were all monophyletic.
A prolific and polemical author unafraid to offend any and all comers, Abbey was a gadfly who reveled in the controversy he stirred.
Like a gadfly you have been timing your intervention in my sleep routine with uncouth precision.
But as critic, scourge, and gadfly he is in the league of Socrates and Voltaire.
In a male-dominated culture, she was a woman who read, a writer who meant to publish, and a theological gadfly.
She was tormented by a furious little gadfly that bit her mercilessly, though she flicked her tail this way and that.
When he is in gadfly mode, as in this new study, he entertains and enlightens about writers including Kant and Ruskin.
Where are the shows about gadfly millionaires who rattle about in drafty mansions, and the mundane decisions we must make ev'ry day?
Her debut novel, The Year of the gadfly, will be published by Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt in May.
But when I said that gadfly included vicious bullying and teen suicide, he changed tack.
One of his victims was the good abbe himself, a court gadfly and the author of musical comedies, by all estimates a man begging for comic publicity.
While his documentaries are popular in the US and he makes the bestseller lists with his books, he is still sometimes seen by the press and public there as a fringe gadfly.
The Grimm Brothers' tiny boy, unseen, tricked and adventured his way through life, a gadfly getting into places nobody else could.
A bleak future Swabian gadfly A novel idea Soaking it up A poisonous mix Heading for a fall, by fiat?
If people are opposed to us, if they are a gadfly, an annoyance, we do not really want to hear what they have to say.
As a result, relations with New Delhi and its mercurial diplomatic gadfly, Krishna Menon, suffered.
I asked Child whether he felt a bond with me, based on the picture for my debut novel, The Year of the gadfly.
If one goes by the gadfly nature of the Internet cycle these days, the Wells-Fieri fight will likely be brief.
The gadfly soon became an annoyance to both the MTA and the union, creating a newsletter which aired workers' grievances but criticised alleged union inaction.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
Presently he heard the gadfly move restlessly two or three times.
His efforts can only be compared with those of a gadfly or a mosquito.
The gadfly uses a like forethought in selecting a place for her eggs.
The gadfly was too much exhausted to wake easily when once asleep.
I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching you.
Shaitan whined at the door, and the Gadfly rose to let him in.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
6-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024