How to Use vandal in a Sentence

vandal

noun
  • Vandals defaced the school's walls.
  • The vandals sprayed their hate messages with black and red spray paint.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
  • But the vandals, thought to be two males, had already fled the scene.
    — Fox News, 20 June 2019
  • These are the cheap seats hecklers and the direct-mail vandals.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 July 2017
  • Part of the structure’s west wall was burned by trespassers or vandals.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 12 June 2018
  • The vandal didn't stop at defacing the hood and both sides of her car in black paint.
    — NBC News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • This is the second time in three years that the church has been the target of vandals.
    — Andrew Adeolu, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • The vandal then makes his escape, filmed by the driver's-side camera.
    — Mihir Maddireddy, Car and Driver, 26 Feb. 2020
  • This vandal isn’t going to heaven — or hell.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The vandal likely did that by hitting it with a blunt object.
    — cleveland, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Whole families died when the hooded vandals set fire to their homes.
    — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The vandals even tried to throw a smoke bomb into the restaurant, but did not succeed.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Erdoğan just came out and said, Oh, these people are vandals.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
  • In other news, an art fair turns voting-law expert and an art vandal heads to the clink.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 May 2024
  • His street art is often targeted by thieves and vandals.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • His street art is often targeted by thieves and vandals.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 1 May 2026
  • The vandals even cut extension cords and emptied propane tanks.
    — Erin Clack, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • This alleged vandal demanded to be called what name?
    — FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Many vandals who damage public lands are never caught.
    — Owen Clarke, Outside, 20 Nov. 2025
  • The ordeal is not the first time the church has been the target of thieves or vandals, Shank said.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The top of the column was broken off by vandals several years ago.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
  • Vandals got into the day care through cinder blocks, according to the day care.
    — Frankie McLister, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Young vandals have been suspected in a slew of subway thefts in recent months.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
  • The vandal climbed a fence to gain access to the monument, the spokesperson said.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 14 June 2024
  • In the decades since, the station saw heavy damage by metal strippers and vandals.
    — John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Nearly every print has been ripped down, the vandals looking straight into the lens.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The masked vandals appeared on campus overnight, using a power tool to cut them down.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Windows on vacant buildings were scratched by vandals.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The vandal will, however, have to pay a penalty for his actions.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
  • Since then, the building had become a place where transients and vandals gather.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Jan. 2018

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