How to Use vermin in a Sentence

vermin

noun
  • The room was crawling with roaches and other vermin.
  • There were holes that allowed vermin and wasps to sneak through.
    — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2021
  • This time, rodents were the vermin.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • While some people may see wolves as vermin, many more put a high value on wolves.
    — Ben Long, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Some are kept behind the kitchen door to deal with vermin around the farm and even for self-defense.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Smail said the best way to combat vermin is to keep a place clean and sanitized.
    — Anna Bauman, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Detainees find vermin such as cockroaches or body parts of rats in the food.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
  • People who live in cities are used to the company of furry vermin.
    — Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The king may still be breathing, but the vermin visual is a clear symbol of his decay.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Don't worry about seeds from your plants attracting vermin.
    — Benjamin Vogt, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Better to have some vermin living in your neighborhood than to be one.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Among them, trash heaps, subway vermin, tourists, and—above all—small living quarters.
    — Oliver Cano, ELLE Decor, 23 June 2023
  • No vermin were observed on the premises at the time of inspection.
    — Emily Rella, People.com, 9 May 2025
  • Roaches dart into crevices and bats and other vermin have sneaked inside.
    — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Within a year, the camp was overcrowded and overrun by vermin.
    — Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2020
  • This keeps the sidewalks cleaner, saves the cost of emptying trash cans, and keeps away vermin.
    — Stephen Wade, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Wild dogs—which kill livestock—were viewed as vermin, and were not on the list of animals to be conserved.
    — Saima Sidik, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Aug. 2021
  • The tiny hayloft would later become infested with lice and vermin.
    — Edie Kasten, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The homes were often filled with vermin, mold and even the very drug abuse that some tenants were seeking to escape.
    — Kim Barker, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
  • My neighbor built a compost bin from old pallets and lined it with chicken wire to keep the scraps in and the vermin out.
    — Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 14 June 2022
  • Dogs in this group were first bred to go underground in pursuit of rodents and other vermin.
    — Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The front double doors had a gap greater than a quarter of an inch, allowing an entry way for vermin.
    — Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Crops had to be cut, stacked, and heated in vats that attracted vermin and were a breeding ground for viruses.
    — Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The basement walls are crumbling, Brown said, and her home is infested with vermin.
    — Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 5 July 2023
  • But there's something even dreamier and more debonair about the vermin version of Sherlock.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 June 2024
  • The elite didn’t want to connect their cesspools to the sewer pipes because that would likely bring the vermin and stink into their homes.
    — Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Inspections over the past two years have shown infestations of vermin and insects in dorms, as well as the kitchen.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
  • At the time, cats were rewarded for using their hunting skills to keep settlements free from vermin.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If the job of the Bat is to round up the rats, then the director needs to supply high-quality vermin.
    — The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022
  • What to do when a school is infested with vermin, when textbooks are outdated, when students can’t even read?
    — Alia Wong, The Atlantic, 6 July 2018

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