Sample Sentences for
parasitic
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  • Of course I'd long known that I was playing host to a massive collection of parasitic organisms, but I didn't much like being reminded of it.  (source)
    parasitic = of a species that lives on (or in) another species and eats from it without providing return benefit
  • Lackeys of the bourgeoisie! Flunkies of the ruling class! Parasites — that was another of them.  (source)
    Parasites = a person who lives off others' efforts without providing return benefit to them
  • I am tired of being a parasite.  (source)
    parasite = person who lives off others' efforts without providing return benefit to them
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  • Foodborne parasites and pathogens made diarrhea almost ubiquitous.†  (source)
  • I hate the way it gloms on to me like some kind of parasite.†  (source)
  • I am convinced that they are purely parasitic although my body has shown no signs of this.†  (source)
  • Parasitism, pure and simple.†  (source)
  • They also pick insect larvae and parasites out of the animal's droppings.†  (source)
  • Then she says, "You brung the parasite into this house."†  (source)
  • Meanwhile, the connection between them grows ever stronger, a parasitic growth.†  (source)
  • Add the suppression of parasitism, and it will be solved.†  (source)
  • I personally set myself apart from the war on blood parasites.†  (source)
  • Like a parasite's, the system's life depends on the continuation of mine.†  (source)
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