vermin

Example Sentences

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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?

From The Wall Street Journal

The burst of fire came again, and a tiny voice roared, “Get back, vermin! That is my biographer!”

From Literature

"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

They were sued by several units in 2023 and 2024 over living conditions, including allegations of infestations of rats, vermin and cockroaches that tenants said made their lives “a living hell.”

From Los Angeles Times