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Recent Examples of varmint Jett Rink was a really malevolent varmint, and kind of swarthy and dark. Jeff Conway, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 After arriving, having supper with Briggs and hunting all night, the hunters called the area clear of varmints. Buckley T. Foster Special To The Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024 Bugs, varmints and other critters cannot feed off it. Don Magruder, The Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2024 Anyone who even believes in a safe zone these days is living in a dream world, and should probably resort to more drastic measures to remove the weeds and varmints from their heads. Bob Lorentson, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for varmint
Recent Examples of Synonyms for varmint
Noun
  • Fey also mocked Noem's infamous story about shooting a family dog.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Lake Worth police have remined public to not approach the dog involved, according to the social media post.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The host, Scotty, is an acerbic jerk who saves his meanest digs for Richter’s Mickey.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Saddled with an uninteresting jerk half the time and a muzzled non-entity the other half, there’s only a handful of moments in the first six episodes where Powell’s star power shines through.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Sure enough, there was a cute little skunk staring back at me.
    Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Rabies can be found in many other wildlife species, including raccoons, skunks, coyotes and foxes.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With a run time of less than fifteen minutes, the film featured Smith in two of its four segments, shown playing with dolls with a female companion in a bathtub in one, and dressed as a clown on the roof of an apartment building in another.
    News Desk, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The biggest losers are the very citizens electing these clowns.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When the Chicago rat hole went viral, Magle and his team considered how the mark was made.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There are rats in Indiana who prefer a room with a view.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Indo-European mythology is about more than a sky father and a snake.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Same goes for lizards, snakes, tarantulas and other pets.
    Kurtcia Collazo, IndyStar, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.
    Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • City inspectors visited the Yorba about three weeks ago and found a leaky roof, collapsing ceilings on the third and fourth floors and an infestation of insects and vermin, according to Arthur Rushin, chief enforcement officer for Detroit's Building Safety, Engineering & Environmental Department.
    JC Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The player’s winning cards were a 7, 8, 9, 10, jack, queen and a joker acting as a king — all in clubs.
    Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • If Payton doesn’t start shoving this offense through it, the joker’s on Broncos Country.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Varmint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/varmint. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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