spent gnat

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noun

an angler's name for the spinner of various mayflies, esp Ephemeris danica and E. vulgata, particularly when lying spent on the water surface after mating and egg-laying

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Words nearby spent gnat

Spenserian stanza, Spens' syndrome, spent, Spenta Amesha, Spenta Mainyu, spent gnat, speos, Speranski, sperm, sperma-, spermaceti

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How to use spent gnat in a sentence

As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.
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Thus, more time is spent organization and obtaining ones free of failings.
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Humans spent a long time domesticating cattle, and what they were trying to do, in essence, was de-domesticate them.
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So when my wife and I moved to Laurel Canyon I spent my first year working night and day on the show.
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I spent time yesterday listening to the music you made, and looking at the art you created.
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Fatigue he never knew, and on one occasion he was said to have spent thirteen days and nights in the saddle.
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He asked what time was usually spent in determining between right and wrong, and what degree of expense?
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This tiny person spent little or none of his time in the tree-tops, but chose to stay near the ground.
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In the next year his mother returned to India with both her children, and the boy's next two years were spent at and near Bombay.
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The year before they had spent part of the summer with their grandmother Pontellier in Iberville.
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