Sentence examples for persistent pest from inspiring English sources

That was the first goal St Johnstone have scored against United this term that did not carry the signature of May, but the striker was a persistent pest.

In the technographic study, problems identified included low yields, persistent pest management constraints and a low adoption rate of technologies developed by the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana.

Witch weed is a noxious and persistent pest in farm fields: yield losses due to S. gesnerioides parasitism are extensive in the Sudano-Sahelian belt of west and central Africa [ 8].

However, if you do feel scared, and he is a persistent pest, give him the police department number.

In this way, persistent pests and diseases cannot take hold as they would on a vast, single-crop farm managed conventionally - where a host of chemicals would be used to deter them.

Boyd and Shane Long, in particular, were persistent pests to the Swansea defence.

For most hikers, the most persistent pests along the trail are ticks, mosquitos, and black flies along with the mice that inhabit shelters.

But beyond the basic cosmetic issues, be sure to not skip over the more weightier matters like roof leaks, plumbing problems, faulty wiring, hvac hassles, persistent pests (from squirrels in the attic to termites in the wall, these need to be removed before a buyer steps foot in the home), and the like.

In my novel White Heat, the protagonist, Edie Kiglatuk, tiring of a persistent sex pest, turns around and punches him in the face.

But the thing guaranteed to incense them more than anything else is the blight of the persistent, uninvited garden pest.

Twenty years on the Hill taught me that legislators will sign almost anything to get persistent well-heeled pests far away from their office.