How to Use jackal in a Sentence

jackal

noun
  • In between tallies, the men lunge at each other’s throats like jackals.
    — Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Anubis was also known as the guardian of the dead, so mummies were buried with amulets adorned with a jackal.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Winds batter ridges where seabirds howl like banshees, and jackals stalk baroque canyons of soft crumbling rock.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Anubis, with the head of a jackal, stood at the passage to the underworld.
    — Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • One looks like a person, another a jackal, a baboon, and a hawk.
    — National Geographic, 16 July 2019
  • The little wild dogs of the desert, the jackals, had taken these travelers’ hands and feet.
    — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 17 July 2019
  • Hyenas chased off the smaller jackals, fighting amongst themselves for the prize.
    — National Geographic, 10 Aug. 2017
  • The quest began with Shaolin monks and southwestern jackals.
    — Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • There are hiking trails all around the beauty spot, and the area is rich in wildlife, including wolves, jackals and bears.
    — Nell Lewis, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The lion and the bull became friends, and the jackals were promoted to the first rank by the grateful monarch.
    — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Without light, the snipers and jackals patrolling the streets disappear.
    — Charles Theel, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2017
  • In Tuscany, the sighting of the jackal has been greeted with delight rather than dread.
    — Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Habimana points out chameleons clinging to grasses and a jackal slinking among the bushes.
    — Noo Saro-Wiwa, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2023
  • With his health on the decline, jackals are stalking the streets and carving out slices of territory to pick clean.
    — Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 8 July 2017
  • And the Egyptian gods included one, Anubis, with the head of a dog or a jackal.
    — John Hooper, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
  • With astonishing speed, the pack scarfs it down, while warthogs, vultures, and jackals wait in the periphery for the scraps.
    — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Gazelles, jackals, desert tortoises and songbirds—not seen in the region for years—are returning.
    — Aryn Baker / Mbar Toubab, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Its fauna includes mammals such as Dorcas, gazelles, pale fox, and golden jackals.
    — Alex Treadway, National Geographic, 14 June 2017
  • In the premiere pythons survive in Bangkok and Golden jackals thrive in Tel Aviv.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Predators include mongooses, genets, jackals, domestic dogs and cats, owls, and snakes.
    — National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2019
  • As a result, a few jackals have become more daring in the face of an evidently uneager lion.
    — Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2022
  • People across continents might link rainbows with snakes, or see rabbits on the moon, or cast foxes, jackals, and coyotes as tricksters.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In the clip, the honey badger is seen chasing the two jackals away from the python before ultimately coming out on top in the showdown.
    — Fox News, 11 Dec. 2019
  • That commodity tax narrative has been baked into our heads by the analyst-jackals who won’t stop talking about it.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
  • His regiment occasionally found time to hunt on horseback for jackals.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 14 July 2017
  • Roving like hungry jackals, smallmouth bass will move down and along drop-offs, hunting for the holdout crayfish, leeches, and insects along their way.
    — Kubie Brown, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Three hyenas, a jackal, and two elephants endure a sandstorm on a hot, humid late afternoon while the wind picks up before the squall begins.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021
  • For example, the genus Canis includes wolves, dogs, coyotes and jackals.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Not enough and the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tires will imitate a jackal stuck in quicksand.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2021
  • More importantly, with jackal smiles and twitchy foot movements, the performers’ energy seems to clash with their banal backdrops.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2020

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