itch - use in sentences

Object

  • redness: Exposure to sunlight may cause a skin rash, itching, redness, or severe sunburn.
  • hive: That is why dog and cat allergies usually cause signs associated with the skin and ears such as itching, hives and inflammation.
  • rash: Allergies Tablets containing antihistamines are effective against allergies, itching, skin rashes and insect bites.
  • ear: Those are smooth words, spoken by false prophets having itching ears.
  • sensation: Cold sores usually start with a tingling, itching sensation on the lip, followed by blisters which weep, forming a scab.
  • burning: Also, itching, burning, tingling, pain or pressure at a previous or potential outbreak site may occur.

Converse of object

  • scratch: I want her to let me love her, not just scratch an itch.
  • cure: I may castrate him cure that itch Mr Brass?

Adjective modifier

  • sweet: The only reliable way to prevent sweet itch is to avoid your horse or pony being bitten by insects.
  • persistent: Its persistent itch is frustrating and certain vulnerable groups are at risk of complications.

Modifies a noun

  • mite: Two persons in a bed gave the greatest opportunity for the spread of itch mites.

Modifying Another Word

  • just: I think we are all just itching to get back into action.

Noun used with modifier

  • skin: In these cases a small area of skin itches over an extended period.

Infinitive complement

  • get: I think we are all just itching to get back into action.
  • try: But he had learned the basics and was itching to try boarding again.
  • tell: We can see that in our own lives, we are not short of people itching to tell us how to do something.
  • play: You'll be itching to play with all of these great toys.

Preposition: of

  • skin: You may notice a slight redness or itching of the skin where the patch has been.
  • eye: Temporary relief of redness and itching of the eye due to seasonal and perennial allergies such as hayfever or house dust allergy.

Preposition: for

  • fight: It was he who said of me on June 7: " Is he itching for a fight with Franco?

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