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.
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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.