exterminator

Example Sentences

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One is the Jewish son of an exterminator who rose to Harvard; the other the cerebral product of a striving Black middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

He started out as an exterminator in New York City and has spent his life immersed in rats.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

But his second act as humanitarian, house builder, Guinea worm exterminator and Nobel Peace Prize winner was a portrait of perseverance and grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

A man posing as a pest exterminator tried to gain access to a San Diego hotel that operates as a shelter for migrant families.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2024

Certainly I’m no mad exterminator bent on killing devil microbes; on the contrary, I admire them.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver