PEST in a Sentence
Learn PEST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
17 example sentences for PEST, such as:
1. The pests spread quickly in these regions.
2. The potato is vulnerable to several pests.
3. I was a nuisance, an incumbrance, and a pest.
4. Birds are the natural enemies of many insect pests.
5. They warn it could take years to eradicate the pest.
2. The potato is vulnerable to several pests.
3. I was a nuisance, an incumbrance, and a pest.
4. Birds are the natural enemies of many insect pests.
5. They warn it could take years to eradicate the pest.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PEST
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pest
n. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
n. a persistently annoying person
Classic Sentence:
1 Death has a fashion of harassing victory, and she causes the pest to follow glory.
2 There is corruption under all illustrious tyrants, but the moral pest is still more hideous under infamous tyrants.
3 Behind Billy's Lunch, the cook, in an apron which must long ago have been white, smoked a pipe and spat at the pest of sticky flies.
4 I was a nuisance, an incumbrance, and a pest.
5 And he who does it, is justly to be esteemed the common enemy and pest of mankind, and is to be treated accordingly.
Example Sentence:
1 He climbed on the table, pulled my hair, and was generally a pest.
2 The pest control officer put bowls of rat poison in the attic.
3 The researchers were actually working on a mouse contraceptive vaccine for pest control, according to New Scientist.
4 Police are looking for a sex pest who is frightening late-night travellers.
5 They warn it could take years to eradicate the pest.
6 The estimated cost of staffing and maintaining a functional pest management center is approximately 1 million dollars per year.
7 Stores of grain are frequently attacked by pests, especially rats.
8 Birds are the natural enemies of many insect pests.
9 The pests spread quickly in these regions.
10 The potato is vulnerable to several pests.
11 This increases the vulnerability of crops to a major outbreak of pests or diseases; so the old breeds are needed for their valuable genetic material.
12 List the vertebrate pests that commonly cause problems at cattle feedlots, dairies, and poultry.