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Meanings of gadfly in English
Usage of gadfly in English
1
The gadfly had flown away, and Sindri bade his brother cease working.
2
He killed the cruel gadfly and threw it into the river.
3
He brushes it aside as the elephant might brush aside the ineffective gadfly.
4
Evelyn Davis, a well-known shareholder gadfly, spoke frequently at the meeting.
5
Three-point sharpshooter, journeyman and league gadfly Derrick Fisher last served in the role.
6
Mitchison in this reading is a gadfly turned into a butterfly.
7
Now he says the gadfly approach is just not working.
8
Nevertheless, as soon as he arrived, both felt him the gadfly in the house.
9
He could not forget the sharp sting of the gadfly.
10
The New York Times chose to call him a "wiry Texas gadfly".
11
His efforts can only be compared with those of a gadfly or a mosquito.
12
That man of intelligence who steals honey has to take birth as a gadfly.
13
And sometimes," he laughed, "those questions are as annoying as a gadfly!"
14
Bonnell has entangled himself, like a gadfly, into a web of contrarianism and derangement.
15
The people arose in their exasperation and cruelly demanded to be rid of their gadfly.
16
Until that day, the gadfly will continue to sting.
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Gadfly across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common