How to Use guinea pig in a Sentence

guinea pig

noun
  • He volunteered to act as a guinea pig in the experiment.
  • Care for guinea pigs, drive the bus, make a smoothie and more.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Need a new habitat for your rabbit or guinea pig?
    — Jessica Moore, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • If all this sounds confusing, think how the guinea pigs must feel.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
  • Will these treats be a reward for the good deed of being a guinea pig?
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2020
  • This approach turns users into guinea pigs.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026
  • That there wouldn't even be the time or extra money for a class guinea pig.
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 11 Apr. 2018
  • That is because cats see guinea pigs as big hairy mice, which is their favorite prey.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Users are not guinea pigs Clearly, both bots needed more work.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Stop quivering like a bunch of nervous guinea pigs and get out of our way.
    — Matt Bai, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
  • There’s a naked guinea pig, a giant red macaw and an adorably chunky pit bull named Messy.
    — Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • Once again, guinea pig/pioneer.
    — Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • No one wants to be a guinea pig so someone else can get re-elected to office.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Nine people in eight states appear to have been sickened by their pet guinea pigs.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2018
  • But also chickens, guinea pigs and even hermit crabs.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • The inn has no pet-type restrictions, so pack up the bird, guinea pig, and hamster, too.
    — Laurie Wilson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Chicken, rabbits and guinea pigs would be welcome as food for its meat-eaters, the post said.
    — Peter Guo, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Thomas and others with immunity were to be guinea pigs in her search for a cure.
    — Jane Horwitz, kansascity, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The rescue had two big boxes used to transport bedding for the guinea pigs.
    — Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • But three birds and a guinea pig were dead by the time authorities arrived.
    — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 4 Apr. 2018
  • To do that, Xhaka has become a sleep science guinea pig of sorts.
    — Eric Niiler, WIRED, 14 June 2018
  • There were about 100 guinea pigs, although most had already been moved.
    — Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Screens shielded both Rose and the guinea pig from actual bites.
    — Joshua Sokol, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The capybara is the world's largest rodent and a close relative of the guinea pig.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The six human guinea pigs at the heart of the research are seated on one side of the cabin.
    — Angus Whitley, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Their yellow Labrador and four guinea pigs all died within months of each other.
    — Genna Contino, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Rabbits can transmit diseases to guinea pigs and may bully them.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • But that's why the sanctuary is even more worried about the survival of the guinea pigs.
    — Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The backyard is full of the bones of our pets, mostly cats, but some gerbils, too, and even one guinea pig.
    — Beth Thames | [email protected], al.com, 26 June 2019
  • Like a legless guinea pig or an oversized hamster with no mouth or ears, and beady eyes (stay with me, here).
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025

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