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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gnatnoun

    any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

  2. gnatnoun

    (British usage) mosquito

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  1. List of paraphrases for "gnat":

    mosquito, midge

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How to use gnat in a sentence?

  1. Jerry Coleman:

    From the way Denny's shaking his head, he's either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye.

  2. Joe Towns:

    You never use a sledgehammer to kill a gnat, we should not go to the extreme of expelling our members for fighting for what many of the citizens want to happen, whether you agree with it or not.

  3. Ernest Rutheford:

    Splitting the atom is like trying to shoot a gnat in the Albert Hall at night and using ten million rounds of ammunition on the off chance of getting it. That should convince you that the atom will always be a sink of energy and never a reservoir of energy.

  4. Vladimir Putin:

    The Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots from scum and traitors and will simply spit them out like a gnat that accidentally flew into their mouths — spit them out on the pavement, i am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to respond to any challenges.


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