How to Use baboon in a Sentence

baboon

noun
  • There are people who have lived with baboons for years and years.
    — Jack McCordick, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Both are baboon fibulae that have been notched by human hand.
    — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
  • In came air, but also spiders and big snakes and baboons.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Jasiri adds to the zoo’s troop of more than a dozen Himalayan baboons.
    — John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The worms were discovered in dogs first and then later in cats and baboons.
    — Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The baboon had to categorise the words and non-words by touching one of two shapes.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2012
  • One baboon survived for three years with its brand new beating heart intact.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Sharks and baboons with a taste for human flesh chomping through fighters.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • While moving the crate from the plane's cargo hold and to the baggage area, the baboon got loose.
    — USA TODAY, 21 May 2018
  • Off somewhere, bull baboons are raising their woofing grunts again.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • One looks like a person, another a jackal, a baboon, and a hawk.
    — National Geographic, 16 July 2019
  • Four baboons in Texas just climbed on top and escaped their enclosure.
    — Doug Criss, CNN, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Khalil said he was told a baboon attacked an Israeli soldier.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 15 June 2024
  • The sun rises while the moon still hangs in the sky and a tree peppered with olive baboons comes into focus.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Then both chimpanzees climbed from the tree, leaving the baboon in possession.
    — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Yet another showed a close-up of a black man and a baboon with pensive expressions.
    — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Villagers outside the park had stoned an orphaned baby baboon that was stealing their food.
    — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 21 May 2019
  • Style inspiration comes from the baboons that are swinging from the trees outside.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Another time, a crew set up a ground station on a mountaintop that turned out to be the home of a large troop of baboons.
    — Greg Miller, National Geographic, 28 Jan. 2017
  • Among his opponents are a man riding a rhino and a stampede of bloodied baboons.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2024
  • There’s a couple people that come by several times a day to say hi to the baboon and check in on the armadillo.
    — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2020
  • Perhaps, in context, the baboons’ gesture is as friendly as a handshake.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The strontium ratio in the tooth enamel confirmed that the ancient baboon had not been born in Egypt.
    — Colin Barras, Science | AAAS, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The cactus is further spread by birds and animals, such as elephants and baboons, who eat the fruit and disperse the seeds.
    — Stephanie Bailey, CNN, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The house is set on the edge of a forest, so guests can head down into the valley and trace through the towering trees; maybe even spot a baboon.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2025
  • The burial of baboons in tombs dates back to the predynastic period.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Hyena prints are splayed and meaty; African wild dog prints are squarish and tidy; baboon prints look like a small human hand with an extra palm.
    — Ken Geiger, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • Two of the most common causes of death for the dogs near Kibale are infectious diseases and baboon attacks.
    — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Snap close-up shots of the resident cheetahs and baboons, and zoom out to photograph large herds of zebras and springbok.
    — National Geographic, 15 Sep. 2019
  • Across mammal species, from baboons and gorillas up to humans, females usually live longer than the males do.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2025

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