Gadfly in a sentence

If Mr. Doug Thompson is going to be a gadfly to President Donald Trump, an activity I strongly encourage, I’m going to remain a gadfly to Mr. Doug Thompson.

Aside from labeling the diatribes as “off topic,” there was little the supervisors could do to stop Herman, 56, an infamous gadfly at both L.A. city and county meetings.

But even if China continues to limit its involvement to the role of Kremlin apologist and gadfly would-be peacemaker, the impact on tensions between America and China may help ensure the war in Ukraine continues to expand in ways no one can control.

And of course we can’t forget about political gadfly, CJ Pearson.

Dodging conversational potholes made her a gadfly, an infuriating changer of subject.

Elon Musk Auditions as Corporate Gadfly, Taking Sides Against Disneywsj.

Nash has a bit of Van Sant/Von Trier/Haneke gadfly in him, placing his camera in static setups with long takes, implicitly asking the audience “Are you sure you want to see this?” even if the answer is “yes,” as he knows it is.

Not that a man with such a sharp tongue needs defending, but Sen. Mike McKell, R-Spanish Fork, came to Weiler's aid after an attack from Republican gadfly Goud Maragani.

It can be no surprise that those who abhor truth, who contort their minds to avoid reality, who want to be coddled in the myth of riskless existence, are those most bothered by the very existence of the gadfly.

Well, no surprise that a rightwing nut and professional conservative gadfly like Jason Lewis would be the first Repub candidate to cry “Law and Order!” and “Mob Rule!” in response to the Floyd protests and ongoing attempts at police reform.

A longtime expert networker, gadfly and investor, he was always touting fascinating then-groundbreaking mobile start-ups, and he had a great eye for the future.

William Monroe Trotter, who edited the Boston-based black weekly newspaper The Guardian in the first three decades of the 20th century, shows up in the biographies of his contemporaries as a gadfly: radical, outspoken and indefatigable.

His presence helped stabilise an economy in freefall, but Mugabe reneged on pledges to overhaul the former British colony’s partisan security forces and Tsvangirai was shunted back into his familiar role as opposition gadfly.

Gadfly is what they call you when you are no longer dangerous; I much prefer troublemaker, malcontent, desperado.

Hera then sent a gadfly (Greek oistros, compare oestrus ) to sting Io as she wandered the earth.

In order to exact her revenge, Hera sent a gadfly to sting Io continuously, driving her to wander the world without rest.

Why Socrates Died: Dispelling the Myths by Robin Waterfield, Norton, 2009 Background sidebar Before being tried for moral corruption and impiety, the philosopher Socrates was known to the citizens of Athens as an intellectual gadfly.