How to Use animal in a Sentence

animal

1 of 2 noun
  • She loves all kinds of animals.
  • You're all behaving like a bunch of animals.
  • Fish, birds, insects, reptiles, mammals, and human beings are all animals.
  • The animals will still be cared for and fed.
    — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • But any animal will bite if pinned down.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Games, crafts and animals were all part of the fun.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Ryan took great care of his animals!
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • By about noon, the animals had moved on.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • So far, the sea animals haven’t been wrong.
    — Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • The animals there will still be fed and cared for, the zoo said.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And the animal still killed her.
    — Amanda Castro hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Does not come from animal sources.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 28 Sep. 2025
  • What animals live in the strait?
    — Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
  • When plants grow, animals don’t shrink.
    — Nick Hanauer, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
  • The last item on Dali’s list was live animals.
    — Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This sweater adds a fun pop of animal print to any outfit.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The pest does not pose a threat to humans or animals.
    — Lizzie Kane june 18, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
  • The first step is to know what animals live in your region.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
  • This is not the first time an animal has been abandoned in a home.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Those beaks tell a clear story about how these animals fed.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Not just any animal is suited for the job.
    — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The animal was walked into the pen, and then the scene takes place.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
  • None of the animals had fresh food or water.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The calling animal turned out to be a new species.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • No one, not even animals, were allowed to cross on foot.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Folks can see hundreds of animals at the drive-thru style zoo.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • Keep food away from areas where animals walk or poop.
    — Brandi Jones, Health, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Show your toddler each page, name the animal, and make its sound.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a way to find out an animal’s fate before you press play.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • Lots of the animals leave as well, or perish, or evolve to be whiter.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025

animal

2 of 2 adjective
  • People were shocked by the animal brutality of the attack.
  • And that poses a threat to human and animal health around the world.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Many of these will contain no more than human and animal bones.
    — Julia Kate Clark, Smithsonian, 11 Apr. 2018
  • That poses a threat to human and animal health around the world.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Eggs made from peas, burgers made from kelp, milk made with non-animal whey protein.
    — Larissa Zimberoff, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2022
  • Not quite plant, not quite animal; delicious and wild and rare.
    — Callie Sumlin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
  • There were no human or animal body fluids splashed on the floors, walls, or ceiling.
    — Sherman Alexie, The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
  • Whether those are of the human or animal variety remains to be seen.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Looking to eat less animal protein, but beans produce too much gas for your comfort?
    — SELF, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Pan was half-god, half-goat, so animal communion with a demi-god jams the circuits.
    — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 3 July 2019
  • Both bamboo and raffia palm trees are fast-growing crops that are eco-friendly and non-animal sourced.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 3 June 2021
  • What inspired you to start the anti-animal cruelty task force?
    — Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 12 July 2020
  • So mushrooms are messing with our minds and probably animal minds.
    — Recode Staff, Recode, 22 May 2018
  • The law also doesn't cover animal races, such as horse racing, which many states already allow.
    — Associated Press, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 May 2018
  • When Hamnet dies, Agnes lets out a sound of pure grief and rage and horror that is almost animal.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Carter can now tell you in detail the construction of the colon and the pancreas, and how animal meat and fat can play havoc there.
    — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
  • Animal control officer took a pit bull running loose to the city’s shelter.
    — Washington Post, 27 June 2017
  • Animal control officers gave the piglets a lift back in their vehicle.
    — CBS News, 1 July 2017
  • Sergei Prokofiev’s classic piece about human and animal nature.
    — Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Because a duck that has made it to March has survived both human and animal predators on its journey south.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The perpetrators are believed to be animal-rights activists who wanted to set the minks free.
    — Nick Thieme, Slate Magazine, 20 July 2017
  • To be sure, animal researchers on both sides of the Atlantic can be anxious about going public.
    — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, 14 July 2017
  • But these teeth, like most animal teeth, are composed of a substance called dentine, capped by a hard, thin covering of enamel.
    — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Live music, and information about how to get involved with pro-animal causes are also in the mix.
    — Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
  • For starters, why serve honey and milk for tea and coffee when there are perfectly decent non-animal substitutes?
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 4 May 2021
  • Research into the proposal is so new that the study offers one of the first looks into its effect on human and animal life.
    — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The other remains found in the search were determined to be animal bones, according to police.
    — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The totems interlace fabric, twine and what sometimes appear to be animal or human organs.
    — Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
  • But now, a new lawsuit alleges the warehouse store is violating animal welfare laws all in the name of keeping prices low.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 27 June 2022
  • These clouds of dust make up one of the greatest annual migrations on the planet—not animal, but mineral.
    — Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 24 June 2020

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