He tossed his big arms as though ridding himself of annoying insects.

It swatted them aside like a bear would swat annoying insects.

The days are cloudy, the nights are chilly, & there are a good many annoying insects.

Furious with herself, she crushed her hesitation and doubt as if they were annoying insects buzzing in her ears.

It was even pleasanter than in spring and winter, the air clearer and more bracing, and annoying insects had disappeared.

She stood concealed from observation by the curtain of fine network which hung over the aperture, to exclude the annoying insects of the climate.

Plasma darted out from the sides of the cruiser over Scyllion, swatting the tiny Charybdis defense fighters out of the sky like annoying insects.