How to Use flea in a Sentence

flea

noun
Definition of fleanext
  • The flea’s barbed tail gets caught in the throats of fish, so fish spit them out.
    — Tim Folger, Environment, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Rats and fleas in parts of the country carry the bubonic plague.
    — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Unlike the brown rat, the black rat is known to have carried plague through fleas on its body.
    — Madeleine Schwartz, The New York Review of Books, 27 July 2023
  • Twice a year, the tiny town of Hillsville, Virginia hosts one of the largest flea markets in the United States.
    — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • The fish were spawning, bunched in the shallows thicker than fleas on a hound.
    — Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
  • At one time, there were more surf shops in this one town than fleas on a junkyard dog.
    — Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Many pet owners turn to flea treatments as a quick fix.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Mentor would score on a flea flicker but missed the extra point with 5:41 left in the game.
    — cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Rory was checked out by a vet and, aside from some fleas, was given a clean bill of health.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2024
  • One was a flea flicker that resulted in a 42-yard pass, which led to a field goal.
    — Gregg Doyel, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Irwin caught what may have been one of the best flea-flicker throws this season.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Cases of the disease increased, as did plague, spread by fleas.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The flea flicker is seen by many as a gadget play, but not so much for McDaniels.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 8 Dec. 2022
  • This was the only thing our family could do, buy and sell at the flea markets.
    — Zakary Sonntag, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2022
  • Along with fruit flies, gnats, and fleas, these tiny bugs can be very annoying.
    — Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 July 2023
  • In the Middle Ages, plague caused a pandemic called the Black Death and was thought to spread by fleas carried by rats.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
  • These are the flea droppings and are a good indicator that your dog has fleas.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Berg and a buddy would scour thrift shops and flea markets along the coast, looking for treasures.
    — Special To The News-Press, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2022
  • For starters, the Bears’ third quarter flea-flicker didn’t work as designed.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Over the next year the city will set height limits for the 6.3 acres and plan a plaza that would host flea markets and other public events.
    — J.k. Dineen, SFChronicle.com, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Aside from his zone beaters, Hooper gained four yards on a flea flicker, tight end screen in the first half.
    — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Then Beal hauled in his lone reception of the night, a 45-yard scoring strike off of a flea-flicker from Brown.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Flea combs are also helpful in removing flea dirt and eggs around the skin.
    — Doggie Corp, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • No more fleas, either, or comical renderings of the Catholic sign of the cross.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • There are fleas and chamber pots and thumbed noses and a St. Patrick’s Day picnic that — hold on to your shillelagh!
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Rats and fleas, transmitters of bubonic plague, get their due.
    — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Michigan botched a flea flicker on second down from the 31, pushing them back to the 38, and had to use third down to get back into range.
    — Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Plague is a disease caused by Yersinia pestis, a bacterium found in rodents and their fleas.
    — Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • If your cat or dog is outside and not wearing a flea protection product, fleas hitch a ride indoors with them.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The plague is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, transmitted by fleas.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 10 July 2024

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