Example Sentences

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You can hear the buzzing bug zapper, feel the sunburn on your skin, scratch your knees on the freshly cut grass and sink into the hazy evening ennui.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

The windows are shut tight and the sound of work is peppered with the staccato crackle of insects meeting their maker against the electrical fly zapper.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2023

A hot item for both military and civilian use being sold at the expo was the HH-SP1 counter-drone zapper that the manufacturer says is capable of knocking out intruding drones within a nearly two-mile radius.

From Washington Times • Jan. 23, 2023

The study gives a whole new meaning to the term "bug zapper."

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2022

Spinner, zapper, super-zapper, clear a level, avoid the spikes.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline