How to Use gibbon in a Sentence

gibbon

noun
  • Avoiding the paved or dirt roads below our gibbon is far from easy.
    — Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
  • The zoo’s news release did not include a name for the infant gibbon.
    — Rachel Herzog, Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2019
  • The small snout of the skull would have made Alesi look like a baby gibbon.
    — Charles Q. Choi, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2017
  • But this is the first example of the rare Hainan gibbon using them.
    — Lucy Hicks, Science | AAAS, 15 Oct. 2020
  • As an adult, a female gibbon sings elaborate duets with her male partner.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2013
  • Just last week, a team of researchers described a new species of gibbon in China.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2017
  • That spring a friend encouraged Gibbons to run for city council again.
    — Jasmine Leyva, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2017
  • The gibbons, however, seem well on their way to making a lovely union.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 14 June 2019
  • First, early apes used their arms to swing through the trees like modern-day gibbons found in Asia do today.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
  • In China, a subspecies called the white-handed gibbon may have gone extinct as well.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2017
  • Young explains that the swinging birds exerted as much force on their beaks as a swinging gibbon does on its arm, if not more.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The animal had a short snout, similar to that of a gibbon but unlike other apes.
    — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2018
  • The animals in the forest inspire me, the amazing gibbons inspired me to learn how to climb trees.
    — Unding Jami, National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2019
  • There were no observations of kissing in gibbons.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The macaws close to the parking lot were raucous and talkative and the gibbons further in the park were loudly singing.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards.
    — CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • His death is the second gibbon at the Sacramento Zoo in March.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Orangutans, gibbons and monkeys were said to cruise through the trees on the property, and the roof to our small room was also home to short-nosed fruit bats.
    — Mihir Zaveri, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Taipei will send white-handed gibbons to Shanghai as part of the exchange, the Taipei Times said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • Taipei will send white-handed gibbons to Shanghai as part of the exchange, the Taipei Times said.
    — ABC News, 6 June 2026
  • Dr Turvey and his colleagues were thus able to compare the animal’s skull, jaw and teeth with those of modern gibbons.
    — The Economist, 23 June 2018
  • Today, gibbons prefer soft fruits in the high canopies, while orangutans eat harder foods closer to the ground, according to the study.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 10 June 2024
  • That means a swinging gibbon can rotate its entire body around its wrist, giving them a unique style of movement called brachiation (video).
    — Discover Magazine, 17 Mar. 2011
  • The gibbon had lived 14 years above the average life expectancy of his species, according to the post.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • And those complex sounds are limited to a relatively small group of species that includes songbirds, gibbons and bats.
    — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Most apes, which include gorillas, gibbons, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos, live deep in the rain forest.
    — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2017
  • But the imperial gibbon discovery suggests this isn't the case.
    — National Geographic, 21 June 2018
  • At the opposite extreme, both male and female gibbons, which are mainly monogamous, are nearly equal in mass.
    — Blake Edgar, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2016
  • One of the Racine Zoo's longest-term residents — Yule, a male white-handed gibbon — has died.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Camera traps recorded squirrels, langur monkeys and macaques, followed by gibbons — a promising sign.
    — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026

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