How to Use maggot in a Sentence

maggot

noun
  • The rotten meat was infested with maggots.
  • When the boy’s dressings are changed, maggots fall to the floor.
    — Abeer Salman, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The maggots then become a source of food for a range of creatures.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Through the ice, a tiny tungsten jig tipped with maggots is the ticket.
    — David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
  • His foot was covered with maggots and hair full of lice.
    — Binaj Gurubacharya, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • His foot was covered with maggots and hair full of lice.
    — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Claire sends Bree out to hunt for maggots and sits at Jamie’s bedside.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2020
  • And once the eggs hatch, the newborn maggots start to feed on the host’s skin, which can lead to infections.
    — Bygennaro Tomma, science.org, 11 July 2024
  • On State Street throngs crowd and push, Wriggle and writhe like maggots.
    — George Will, Twin Cities, 30 June 2019
  • On State Street throngs crowd and push, Wriggle and writhe like maggots.
    — George F. Will, The Denver Post, 30 June 2019
  • These go after green fruit still on the tree, and the maggots get bigger inside the fruit.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • The larvae are thin maggots, with a shiny black head and long, whitish-to-clear, legless body.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Bloody Mary could contain up to four maggots and 20 or more fruit fly eggs.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Or that cup of juice could contain one or more maggots.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Or that cup of juice could contain one or more maggots.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The tomato juice in that 14-ounce Bloody Mary could contain up to four maggots and 20 or more fruit fly eggs.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Remo, a Maltese, had maggots in its fur, ears and eyes when it was found.
    — Max Londberg, kansascity, 10 Aug. 2017
  • But the Black collectors were forced to ride the bus or walk home in their dank clothes covered in flecks of trash and maggots.
    — Kurtis Lee, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The scent deters aphids, flea beetles, and onion maggots.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 17 July 2024
  • His body is very dead, and a lot of it is sitting inside a maggot's belly.
    — refinery29.com, 28 May 2018
  • The air reeks of urine and feces, and in a bowl on the ground, maggots writhe amid rotting flesh a vet has cut from one of the animal’s wounds.
    — Mirren Gidda, Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2017
  • But after about 10 days, a soft spot will appear—a sign that the inside of the fruit is teeming with maggots.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The futon, the clothes, the newspapers and horse-racing stubs were covered with maggots and flies.
    — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Liang had lost about 66 pounds, his hair was full of lice and one foot was covered with maggots, BBC reports.
    — Ashley May, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Eggs of this fly-like insect are laid on the buds and hatch to enter as yellow maggot-like larvae.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The man also had maggots that were eating at his wounds, police wrote.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In addition to fiery ants, the frogs also feast on flies, mites, maggots and spiders. 4.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
  • Videos of rotten fruit mauled by maggots played in the elevators whisking guests to the 18th floor.
    — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Waddell saw those messages the day after nurses found the maggots.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025
  • This resulted in thrush, infections and maggots in many of the horses’ feet.
    — Colson Thayer, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025

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