Sentence examples for the borer from inspiring English sources
noun
A person who is boring
Local farmers call the pest "la broca": the borer.
(The borer, another import from Asia, is killing ash trees from Colorado to New Hampshire).
On the night of April 7, 1814, the Borer and three other ships were anchored at the mouth of the river.
In such cases the shell is typically smooth, although calcareous encrustations on the posterior shell protect the borer from aperture-attacking predators.
According to the Forestry Commission, the borer beetle, which is native to Asia, kills trees in two to three years and has established itself across many thousands of square miles of the US and Canada.
Working with the train the hole is no sooner finished than the borer has moved up the line and its place has been taken by a crane which drops a steel support into it.
As it marches its way across the country, the ash borer provides the most extreme example yet of the ongoing influx of foreign threats to native flora.
We designed the CSD to allow replacement of the parts expected to experience the most wear – the cork borer and the rubber mat that the cutter presses against.
Mr. Sharps discovered the borers while repairing leaks in the hull, bow and stern.
Start by digging up the rhizomes and cutting out the borers.
The plant wilts, breaks, and dies, leaving a stump in which the borers pupate.
