She sent a gadfly to torment Io, who fled over the whole world from its pursuit.
When a gadfly succeeds in attaining its aim, it rapidly deposits an egg or two in the nostril, and then leaves them.
Brockway was the first man out of the Tadmor, but the gadfly was a close second.
And look at it in another way: It was hard to believe that a hallucination concerning Helen Ramsey could be much more than a gadfly irritation.
Would a man of integrity suggest that a fellow-officer take his own life solely to remove a gadfly irritation?
Brock began to work harder than ever at the bellows; and as the fire glowed so that it seemed like daylight in the room, the gadfly flew at him and stung him on the neck.
Just as the flames were leaping fiercely and the room seemed lit by a million candles, the gadfly flew at Brock and stung him between the eyes.
Still he did not take his hand from the bellows, for, with the cunning of his race, he knew that the gadflywas none other than Loki who had taken this form, hoping to spoil Sindri's work.
Then suddenly an enormous gadfly flew into the room; and, lighting on his hand, stung him so badly that he roared with pain.
The Moth was sound asleep when the Gadfly blew his trumpet.
It was very early one delightful morning in summer, when the trumpeter Gadfly sounded his horn, inviting all the insects in the forest to the Butterfly's ball and the Grasshopper's feast.
The trumpeter Gadfly and a number of his relations, besides several Grasshoppers and Bees, were the chief musicians.
You shall drop the bellows," buzzed the gadfly bitterly, as it alighted upon the neck of Brok.
Do not think," continued Brok, "that I do not know it was you who sent the poisonousgadfly to sting and bite me as I worked at the blazing forge, pounding out the brass and gold from which this hammer is made.
When the handle was welded just so far, you drove the gadfly into my eye.
Having concealed itself near the surface of the ground it becomes changed into a chrysalis from which the gadfly issues after an inactive existence of from thirty to forty days.
This prevents the gadfly from depositing her eggs on the animals.
And this approaching blow would not--could not--fall on herself alone; and in this reflection there lay a sting potent as that of the torturing gadfly that drove Io of old wandering over land and water seeking peace in vain.
But the doors had remained closed, and he had turned gadfly in consequence--a gadfly that trumpeted but had no sting.
Jupiter, seeing him coming, sent a single gadfly to sting the tender skin of Pegasus.
The gadfly dealt a cruel blow and proud Pegasus thought Bellerophon had dared to strike him.
He could feel that gadfly constantly stinging in his left shoulder.
He nosed the place, but only found the hole where the gadflyhad crept in.
His skin bled from the bite of that gadfly which bit into him, when the thunder roared, over near Morsæter.
He did not get rid of that gadfly until winter gleamed on the mountain peaks and Gaupa’s lead bullet was surrounded by a covering of tissue.
But that gadflywas lying close by a bone, on the shoulder-blade.
But farthest out in Ré Valley where the round head of Ré Mountain seems to bend forwards to look down into the valley, Rauten stood in a marshy place still feeling that nasty gadfly which bit his shoulder.
A gadfly found at Cayenne is distinguished by the name of the Macaco Worm; it belongs to the genus Cuterebra, and usually attacks the skin of oxen and dogs in South America.
There is another gadfly which finds a creche in the sheep; but instead of lodging in its stomach, it instals itself in the nostrils, which are more easily reached.
Across this she swam and reached the shore of Africa; but even here the gadfly followed her, and the vengeance of Juno never allowed her a moment's rest.
Angered at this insolence and daring, Jupiter sent an enormous gadfly which stung Pegasus so cruelly that he gave a sudden leap forward, and this unexpected movement threw his too-confident rider from his back.
Then she carried out her revenge by sending an enormous gadfly to torment poor Io, who was still in the form of a heifer.
What thegadfly is to the horse Socrates was to Athens.
The gadfly stings the horse in order to prevent it from dozing off and to keep it moving briskly on its course.
The gadfly had been killed, but it stung the people more sharply than ever--sleep not, sleep not this night, O men of Athens!
They had determined to kill the restless gadfly in the hope that the countenances of the gods would shine again.
But soon after he has cut the ration to two hatfuls Charley sits down on the track, indifferent to the gadfly and all the beatings, till they compromise on two and a half hatfuls, Tim rubbing his scar with remembrance.
Do not frighten away the gadfly which is his train dispatcher or he will sit down in the track till the whistle blows.
The forest on that side grows to the water's edge; and the gadfly is as abundant there, as in the wooded districts of the interior.
Then he who had marked the gadfly in order to give a hint, wishing to show Amleth that to his trick he owed his salvation, observed that latterly he had been singly devoted to Amleth.
I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching you.
Zeus punished him for his impiety by sending {259} a gadfly to sting the horse, who became so restive that he threw his rider, who was precipitated to the earth.
Ever fertile in resource, Hera now sent a gadfly to worry and torment the unfortunate Io incessantly, and she wandered all over the world in hopes of escaping from her tormentor.
The gadfly had flown away, and Sindri bade his brother cease working.
The Dwarf screamed with pain, but his hands still held the bellows, working it to keep the fire steady, for he knew that the gadfly was Loki, and that Loki was striving to spoil Sindri's work.
Again the gadfly stung his hands, but Brock, although his hands felt as if they were pierced with hot irons, still worked the bellows so that the fire did not blaze up or die down for a single instant.
During his absence Brock diligently plied the bellows, while Loki, hoping to make him pause, changed himself into a gadflyand cruelly stung his hand.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gadfly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
