How to Use swastika in a Sentence

swastika

noun

• Someone punched the man right in the swastika on his way out the door.
  — Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
• The swastika is a symbol, and the peace sign is a symbol.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
• There are people who take a can and put a swastika on the wall.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• To be on the field at orange high school, with a swastika on his calf.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 May 2022
• The top floor of the garage had a giant swastika on Friday night.
  — Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2020
• 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
• On the sides of his white sports car, in stark black spray paint, was a clear drawing of a swastika.
  — Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2024
• The swastikas were seen as the war between Israel and Hamas enters its fifth week.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Nov. 2023
• As the man struggled to breathe, the swastika tattooed on his chest rose and fell with each gasp.
  — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, 1 Dec. 2020
• 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
• Some did, but others left messages of hate, slurs and a swastika.
  — Erin Donaghue, CBS News, 23 July 2021
• Above the man’s head, a swastika flag is proudly waving.
  — Talia Lavin, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2020
• The eagle is still used as the coat of arms for Germany today, without the swastika.
  — Will Peebles, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
• Despite debates, some swastikas from the Third Reich have been left on church bells.
  — Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• The swastika dates back thousands of years and is a religious icon.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 3 July 2020
• The swastika is a symbol of Nazi Germany and its leader, Adolf Hitler.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• 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
• From the Irish side, people displayed images of swastikas and of the 2001 World Trade Center attack.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 24 May 2024
• His chest had on it the swastika against which Washington had gone to battle.
  — Michael Hofmann, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• 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
• Somebody painted the N-word next to the swastika, along with a profane message.
  — Lux Butler, The Arizona Republic, 19 June 2024
• At Duke University, pumpkins carved with swastikas were found near some of the fliers.
  — Scott Clement, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• Then, about 47 seconds into the video, the woman returns to the driveway and spray-paints a message with the n-word and a swastika.
  — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2020
• In Trump’s, the eagle holds the American flag up near its chest; the Nazi symbol holds the swastika lower.
  — Will Peebles, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
• In 2019, there were local media reports of a swastika and a slur for Black people carved in a desk.
  — New York Times, 27 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024