Sentence examples for wasp from inspiring English sources

If you want to turn the heart of a suitor away, show up on a date with a wasp nest on your head.

The last time I was stung by a wasp, I reacted very badly - my tongue swelled up and nearly choked me - so I now take a daily antihistamine during the summer to prevent it happening again.

Largely that's as a result of vocalist Harry Burgess, whose vocal lines veer from languid tenor croon to something resembling a wasp bobbing about on a string, though he's matched step-for-step by skittering, spindly guitar lines and a restless rhythm section.

9. Wearing a wasp nest on your head Speaking of hats: Of all the superstitions I came across in my research, this one was not only the funniest but stood out for its fail-proofness.

MEDIEVAL noblewomen swallowed arsenic and dabbed on bats' blood to improve their complexions; 18th-century Americans prized the warm urine of young boys to erase their freckles; Victorian ladies removed their ribs to give themselves a wasp waist.

The "wimp, wasp, weenie" and "every woman's first husband" trounced "the architect of the Massachusetts miracle" by eight points.In this section On the trail The timing of the shrub A change of mind in Austin Remembering Dukakis Ralph Nader's green bananas Buy! Cowed ReprintsThe vice-president can draw three big lessons from the Dukakis debacle.

So whose side is the designer on?The ichneumon wasp paralyses its prey without killing it and lays its larva inside this convenient source of fresh meat, to eat it slowly alive.

Researchers are studying new ways of fighting it, including the introduction of natural predators, such as a certain type of wasp from China.

Cola contains phosphoric acid, which counters the alkaline wasp sting whereas bee stings are acidic and Cola would have no effect.

Who ever heard of a parrot with a wasp problem?

Hope, however, may lie with an Asian parasitic wasp, which helpfully lays its eggs inside stink bug eggs.