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
Franz Kafka’s novella “The Metamorphosis” asks: What if, overnight, you became “a horrible vermin”—a creature among the most repellent ever to crawl the earth?
The burst of fire came again, and a tiny voice roared, “Get back, vermin! That is my biographer!”
From Literature
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"There are vermin in the kitchen and in beds. It is overcrowded, it's even more overcrowding now that these protests have gone on in Tehran," he said.
From BBC
“Time was, coyotes were considered vermin,” Dad says.
From Literature
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