How to Use different animal in a Sentence

different animal

noun
  • But to be on the same side and in the trenches together is a different animal.
    — Darnell Mayberry, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The playoffs can be a different animal, but through four games, Dobeš hasn’t missed a beat.
    — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Pool play is a different animal.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Pool play is a different animal.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
  • This year’s sightings are believed to be of a different animal.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
  • Now, this is a different animal.
    — Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That Cup was a very different animal.
    — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • To shift to a different animal metaphor, Trump remains a bull in a china shop.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Each squishy is made of nontoxic rubber and comes in a different animal shape.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 18 Nov. 2023
  • But Indy is a different animal at home, as its eight-game win streak there suggests.
    — Miami Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
  • But the World Cup is a different animal.
    — Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • The playoffs are a different animal, but those trends matter.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Predicting the outcomes of games is a bit of a different animal.
    — Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2024
  • But the Panthers are a different animal, so this will be a real test for the Canes’ back end.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • But this was a different animal, trying to come back against Huskies instead of Owls.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • This is a different animal up here with the people, the energy, the quality of play.
    — David O'Brien, New York Times, 25 May 2025
  • The evolution of the heart in different animal species have different ways of how the heart work, but the main point of them is to contract.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • As much as player values soar or get crushed in the regular season, the playoffs are a different animal.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • However, ticks go through several stages in their life cycle while feeding on different animal hosts like mice and deer.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
  • But Saturday was a different animal, and social media was out in full force.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • And then playing in the playoffs is a completely different animal.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
  • Trimming trees, on the other hand, is an entirely different animal.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Wrestling, of course, is a different animal than football, but Montoya believes Harston melds the two sports well.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The zoo is large — 190 acres with several different animal habitats to see.
    — Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Vegas is a different animal, and Game 1 showed the frustration seeping through for the first line.
    — Stephen Whyno, Twin Cities, 3 June 2026
  • But Taylor Swift is a different animal.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • And the civil grand jury’s work, which I was not involved in, is a completely different animal.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Showdown contests are a different animal compared to a Sunday main slate.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The most recent versions featured two different animal prints – snakeskin and leopard print.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Showdown contests are a different animal compared with a Sunday main slate.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026

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