How to Use swastika in a Sentence

swastika

noun
  • To be on the field at orange high school, with a swastika on his calf.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 May 2022
  • The sheriff shared photos of the guns used in the shooting, one of which appeared to have swastikas on it.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The swastikas were seen as the war between Israel and Hamas enters its fifth week.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Outside the Hunter campus, a poster of the hostages being held in Gaza was defaced with swastikas.
    Emma Green, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Workers of color say they were called the N-word and saw swastikas painted on the bathroom.
    Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Despite debates, some swastikas from the Third Reich have been left on church bells.
    Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Yet to others, the idea that the swastika could be redeemed is unthinkable.
    Deepa Bharath, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Freeman said there is still a large painting of a swastika on one of the building’s walls that the group must remove.
    NBC News, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Someone painted a racial slur and swastikas on his red Ford Mustang in black spray paint.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Two weeks later, a swastika was drawn on a bathroom wall.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Neo-Nazi posters and swastikas have appeared around campus in recent years.
    Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In the middle of the square stood two flagpoles, one flying the black, white and red flag of the old German Empire and the other a Nazi swastika.
    Julia Boyd, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • At Duke University, pumpkins carved with swastikas were found near some of the fliers.
    Scott Clement, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • It was noticed that a lake Catholic player had a swastika image drawn on.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 May 2022
  • The swastika post is just the latest in a series of baffling, deplorable moves from the musician.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • In May, four neo-Nazis waved swastika flags at Disney World’s entrance.
    New York Times, 10 June 2022
  • Some carried flags with swastikas and others were wearing ski masks.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Except for one thing: a small black swastika newly spray-painted next to the door, under the list of names of people who lived in the building.
    John Temple, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2022
  • In a flashback, the therapist, Alan, spots a swastika on a poster and, instead of making a fuss, keeps walking.
    Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Five days later, a different man wore a mask with a Nazi swastika while shopping at a Food-4-Less.
    Elliott Ramos, NBC News, 15 June 2022
  • The gunman was wearing a tactical vest and mask and was armed with a Glock and an AR-15-style rifle that had swastikas on it, Waters said.
    Gina Martinez, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Predating the Christian cross, the four-pronged swastika’s roots are ancient.
    NBC News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • On that date, a Lake Catholic High School player participated in the match with a swastika drawn on his leg.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Drawings of swastikas were found on campus twice in October.
    Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The boots are arranged on the floor of the museum in the pattern of a five-pointed star, the symbol of the Red Army that has become as sinister in Ukraine as the swastika.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Harry donned a Nazi costume, complete with swastika, for a dress-up party in 2005.
    Time, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Ye recently praised Hitler on a far-right talk show and was kicked off Twitter for posting a photo of a swastika.
    Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Huynh said that upon taking off his shirt, her son noticed that someone had drawn a swastika on it.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • As was the case with the previous antisemitic vandalism, Nazi swastikas were the graffiti of choice painted on the walls of the florist’s building.
    Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Public buildings were draped in blood-red banners bearing the swastika.
    Katja Hoyer, Washington Post, 24 June 2022

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