How to Use aardvark in a Sentence

aardvark

noun
  • Since then, the zoo has had aardvarks, sloths, meerkats, manatees and more on the show.
    — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 7 Apr. 2020
  • Shoaf goes back and forth between flashbacks of two boys at a zoo looking at an aardvark.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 12 Apr. 2018
  • And late last month, an aardvark and four meerkats were killed in a fire at London Zoo.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The virus can mutate, or someone can eat a bat or an aardvark and hop on an airliner.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2020
  • Two Ohio zoos worked together to save an ailing aardvark last month.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Ali the aardvark gave birth to the 3-pound baby boy late in December.
    — The Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 1 Jan. 2018
  • An aardvark is an odd African nocturnal mammal sometimes called an anteater.
    — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Winsol is the first healthy aardvark baby to be born at the Zoo since 1994.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Brown's Arthur series follows its titular young aardvark and his pals.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 30 July 2023
  • The calf's father, Winsol, was the first aardvark to live at the Tennessee zoo.
    — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The calf's father, Winsol, was the first aardvark to live at the Tennessee zoo.
    — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
  • As for the aardvark motif, that remains as vague and peculiar as the rest of this uncertain journey.
    — Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • This includes the clouded leopard, black-footed cat, fennec fox, vampire bats and aardvarks.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Winsol is the first healthy aardvark baby to be born at the zoo since 1994, zoo officials say.
    — Sarah Hager, Cincinnati.com, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Hippos and aardvarks also give milk without being anesthetized.
    — Zoe Sayler, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Others scavenged, like raccoons, or dug into insect nests like today’s aardvarks.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2017
  • Others scavenged, like raccoons, or dug into insect nests like today's aardvarks.
    — Author: Carl Zimmer, Alaska Dispatch News, 9 Aug. 2017
  • Arthur is an aardvark, though there are differences between the actual animal and him.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 28 June 2022
  • My favorite creatures were the South African aardvarks with their pig snouts, rabbit ears and insanely long tongues.
    — Paul Boorstin, latimes.com, 30 July 2017
  • The ungulates group itself is puzzling to researchers because some of them seem elephant-like, while others are more like aardvarks and moles.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 June 2017
  • An educational cartoon about an aardvark that has theme song by Bob Marley's son?
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 5 Dec. 2022
  • This fall, a camel, an aardvark, a frog, and two dolphins are moving into a new retirement community in Queens.
    — Caroline Spivack, Curbed, 27 May 2021
  • But his luck runs out when Marshmello attempts to draw Logic, who ends up looking like the cartoon aardvark Arthur.
    — Rebecca Schiller, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Researchers compared the genomes of these mammals with those of a diverse assortment of others, including an aardvark, a meerkat, a star-nosed mole and a human.
    — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • An aardvark joined the Western Sculpture Park’s 15-piece collection last month.
    — Jasmine Johnson, Twin Cities, 16 July 2019
  • Arthur Everyone loves Arthur the aardvark, Internet meme superstar, and his band of friends.
    — Corey Atad, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
  • Fruitafossor, by contrast, was like a Jurassic aardvark, with powerful limbs that appear well-suited to tearing open termite nests.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Staff and firefighters tried to remove animals from the area as quickly as possible but were unable to rescue Misha, a nine-year-old aardvark, and the four meerkats.
    — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2017
  • For the first time in over 35 years, a baby aardvark is padding around California's San Diego Zoo.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
  • Consider Peppa’s compatriot in kid-friendly shows turned adult-skewing memes, Arthur the aardvark.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 29 July 2019

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