Sentence examples for vermin by from inspiring English sources
"God only knows," he reflected, what the point of it was.Foxes are considered vermin by landowners, have a population inflated by modern farming techniques, and may be shot or snared by anyone which is not clearly less cruel than hunting them with dogs.
What emerges from these texts is a historically consistent narrative of the tiger as a harmful and terrifying beast that threatens humans thus vermin by definition, the elimination of which is viewed as a daunting task that requires extraordinary strength and courage.
Never mind that the Mexican fan palm is listed as invasive (the botanical equivalent of vermin) by the California Invasive Plant Council.
Given her success rate, we're guessing she'll be up to 10 dead vermin by later tonight and maybe even 13 by tomorrow morning.
He did not live to see human beings degraded to the status and condition of vermin eradicated by an insecticidal gas.
From the middle ages until the middle of the 20th century, the otter was akin to vermin, detested by fishermen and hunted with hounds, but it was the widespread use of the agricultural insecticide DDT that made extinction a real prospect 35 years ago.
It is for this reason that the passer-by wanders through Baghdad not only surrounded by rubble, ruins, burned buildings, piles of rubbish and vermin, but also by the foul- smelling clouds of fire with which the citizens of Baghdad try to defend themselves against the rubbish that threatens to flood them.
Grains are infested by vermin, fruit and vegetables get bruised, meats are attacked by flies and maggots, eggs break and milk goes sour.In rich countries, packaging and handling has vastly reduced this sort of waste.
Manipulated on poles, the small prop vermin are joined by dancers in sacklike rat costumes designed by Michael Curry.
We're not quietly worrying about being unable to save the planet or about being overtaken by vermin as we watch.
There were holes where the walls had been eaten away by vermin, and the roof had rotted away, allowing rainwater to destroy some old books he found stored inside.
