vermin

Example Sentences

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David, 63, said the last few years of dealing with the vermin and fly-tipping had taken a toll on his mental health.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Army, had unleashed on Peter and a fellow soldier while they were hospitalized: mind control through miniature vermin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The collapse of super-leveraged U.S. companies First Brands and Tricolor, and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s subsequent vermin warning, have affected financial names on both sides of the Atlantic.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

By aiming above a wall, they could pelt the town behind it with beehives, scorpions, snakes, flaming pitch, rotten vermin, or excrement.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

Everyone had eaten enough to put all their hunger vermin to sleep.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat