Explore Vermin through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like varmint or pest. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Vermin in a sentence
Vermin meaning
- Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance.
- An animal that preys on game, such as a fox or a weasel.
- An obnoxious or mean and offensive person.
Using Vermin
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance. | An animal that preys on game, such as a fox or a weasel. | An obnoxious or mean and offensive person.
- Useful related words include: varmint, bad person, pest.
- In the example corpus, vermin often appears in combinations such as: the vermin, vermin and, of vermin.
Context around Vermin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vermin
- In this selection, "vermin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moths, termed, opponents, insects, problem and filled stand out and add context to how "vermin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are nasty vermin for 2 and as such vermin such raw. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vermin" sits close to words such as abacus, abner and acorns, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vermin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
McWhinney opened the show with a harrowing tale about vermin. (10 words)
And as people, you see us as such vermin, such raw labor power. (13 words)
Despite their varying levels of observance, they were all vermin enough for the Nazis. (14 words)
Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator, author and University of Victoria historian Jason Colby says killer whales were considered "not just as vermin species but potentially dangerous" creatures to be hunted and eliminated. (40 words)
Aviva said its standard home insurance policies exclude “‘moths, vermin, insects, fungus, damp, rust, wet or dry rot” and said it also excluded damage by insects and that even its Home Emergency add-on would not cover bed bugs. (39 words)
Boudreau added that her building’s garbage chute has been out of order for several months, which has caused tenants to start leaving garbage in the hallway, a trend she believes may be exacerbating the vermin problem. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
And as people, you see us as such vermin, such raw labor power.
Aviva said its standard home insurance policies exclude “‘moths, vermin, insects, fungus, damp, rust, wet or dry rot” and said it also excluded damage by insects and that even its Home Emergency add-on would not cover bed bugs.
Boudreau added that her building’s garbage chute has been out of order for several months, which has caused tenants to start leaving garbage in the hallway, a trend she believes may be exacerbating the vermin problem.
European settlers in the 1970s who viewed cheetahs and other large carnivores as vermin also further reduced the population, according to the African Wildlife Foundation.
Even when infested with vermin, as seen in "Land of the Flea," he still makes room for everyone.
If he wins, he’s said, he’ll pardon convicted insurrectionists and round up his critics, whom he’s termed “vermin,” as the Nazis did of their targets.
Instead, a plurality of those Iowans say that Trump calling his opponents “vermin” and saying that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of America makes them likely to give him their vote.
In this America millions of people find themselves living in rat-infested, vermin-filled slums.
I won't give you the full details, but suffice enough to say that he feels that ethnic minorities are comparable to certain types of vermin.
McWhinney opened the show with a harrowing tale about vermin.
Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean's Greatest Predator, author and University of Victoria historian Jason Colby says killer whales were considered "not just as vermin species but potentially dangerous" creatures to be hunted and eliminated.
She claims her fellow residents are dumping the trash that’s giving the vermin a comfortable habitat.
The man, granted anonymity and referred to as JR 86, had licences in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to use guns for vermin control and sporting purposes.
The place itself was a dump, strewn with litter, vermin and weeds growing between the cracks of an antiquated stadium barely fit for purpose.
Yotam Ophir, a lecturer on disinformation at the University of Buffalo, told the BBC the "vermin" rhetoric specifically echoed propaganda films produced by the Nazis, which compared Jewish people to rats and insects.
And sadly, many of the cats kept by butchers to control vermin had also perished, although a handful survived.
Despite their varying levels of observance, they were all vermin enough for the Nazis.
Donald Trump himself calls them “vermin” who are “poisoning the blood” of (white) Americans.
Earwigs are nasty vermin for 2-3 months and the rest of the year they are neutral to even beneficial predators on other yard and garden pests.
He also warned it was now a major worker safety issue - saying he’d been forced to pull staff from vermin hotspots after four were hospitalised from scratches and cuts from rats.
Common combinations with vermin
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the vermin 5×
- vermin and 5×
- of vermin 5×
- vermin control 5×
- and vermin 5×
- as vermin 4×
- for vermin 4×
- vermin as 3×
- vermin who 3×
- vermin such 2×