How to Use howler monkey in a Sentence

howler monkey

noun
  • Here's a howler monkey spoiling for a fight.
    — Heather Abbott, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This isn’t the first time this species of howler monkeys has been in trouble.
    — Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • Deeper in the jungle, a short hike will bring you to an area where howler monkeys thrive.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
  • The parks are also home to tapirs, giant anteaters, howler monkeys, ocelots, and jaguars.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Red howler monkeys swung from the cables of a footbridge and screeched in the jungle.
    — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
  • Crickets commence their chorus as the howler monkeys hush for the night.
    — Amber Dance, Scientific American, 12 May 2019
  • Researchers found a link between the size of a howler monkey's hyoid (red) and the size of their testes.
    — Janine Anderson, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2015
  • With its talons extended, the harpy flew at one of the adult female howler monkeys, who jumped down just in time.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Some of us had at first mistaken the howler monkeys for machinery.
    — Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Malu wanted to see sloth bears, the national symbol, and howler monkeys.
    — Shoba Narayan, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2023
  • In the morning, tribes of howler monkeys were whooping, several miles off.
    — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Baby howler monkeys bond with their mothers after birth and don't separate for a few weeks.
    — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 8 May 2026
  • The howler monkey is a cartoonish creature, big and loud, and can be found hiding in the jungle canopy.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 May 2022
  • Welch had told me that howler monkeys in Panama sometimes fell from trees after screwworms ate out their eyes.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 May 2020
  • Also associated with the dawn was the howler monkey, whose hearty cry would greet the morning.
    — Benjamin Lima, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
  • Take big swings like a howler monkey, and don’t be afraid of crashing into a tree like a howler monkey that is bad at judging distance.
    — Viktoria Shulevich, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In one video, a group of capuchins prevents an infant howler monkey from escaping while adult howler monkeys call out.
    — Elizabeth Landau, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • Hiking is also one of the best ways to spot the park's wildlife, including howler monkeys, sloths, jaguarundis, parrots, and tapirs.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Then, like an alarm clock, howler monkeys unleashed their banshee shriek, staking their territory as the sun rose.
    — Ryan Knighton, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Tuve is one of four howler monkeys at the zoo, with mom Charlie, dad Howie and sister Riley.
    — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 8 May 2026
  • Deeper into Cardoso’s forest, brown howler monkeys fill the viscous air with their guttural moans.
    — Mark Johanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2022
  • These capuchins had gotten ahold of at least seven different howler monkey babies, and carried them for stretches of two to eight days.
    — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 May 2025
  • Zookeepers at the Phoenix Zoo were in mourning as Olivia, a beloved black howler monkey, passed away this week at 26 years old.
    — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Stay at a secluded eco-lodge in the Osa Peninsula, where howler monkeys and scarlet macaws function as your wake-up call.
    — Katrin Kirchhoff, Travel + Leisure, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Monkeys, including howler monkeys, orangutans, tamarins and mandrills.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
  • Bring your binoculars to zoom in on endemic species such as the Coiba howler monkey, the crested eagle, and the scarlet macaw.
    — Siobhan Reid, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2024
  • In one entrancing swath of forest, towering ceiba trees loom and hooting howler monkeys leap from branch to branch in the understory.
    — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Overhead, territorial howler monkeys announced our presence, toucans flashed in and out of the canopy, and the electric hum of cicadas filled the air.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
  • Overhead, territorial howler monkeys announced our presence, toucans flashed in and out of the canopy, and the electric hum of cicadas filled the air.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
  • The Houston Zoo on Wednesday announced the arrival of a howler monkey named Marlie.
    — Chron, 6 Aug. 2021

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