How to Use joey in a Sentence

joey

noun
  • The zoo's veterinary team says the joey is healthy and strong.
    — Segann March, Cincinnati.com, 12 Apr. 2020
  • In the corner, a kangaroo and her joey are busy grilling on the barbie.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2018
  • The little joey has a good chance of surviving with human care.
    — National Geographic, 8 Mar. 2017
  • Ava arrived at the zoo last year, already carrying a joey in her pouch.
    — cincinnati.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • As of Thursday, 22 adult koalas and one joey had been rescued.
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
  • If kept in womb-like conditions, older joeys have a strong chance for survival.
    — National Geographic, 1 May 2017
  • Josephine's usually recives between two to five joeys a week.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 13 June 2018
  • The joey’s mother, Maloo, was 3 years old and a first time mother.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Called joeys, the newborns must crawl into their mother’s pouch and attach to a nipple.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2019
  • Baby koalas, or joeys, can also catch the disease by feeding in their mother’s pouch.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Josephine Brennan-Kuss said the couple took in their first joey 15 years ago.
    — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 26 June 2017
  • In addition, baby koalas — known as joeys — can catch the disease from their mothers.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • As the joey gets more active, zoo guests may get a sighting of the little guy peeking out from his mommy’s pouch.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 6 Feb. 2026
  • At the time of the escape, the kangaroo was carrying her baby, known as a joey.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
  • In addition to producing breast milk, koala mothers produce a goopy, green poop that their joeys lap up.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • This is also the first joey for mom, Mackenzie, & dad, Nyoonbi.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The 7-month-old joey was born in February at the Franklin Park Zoo.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • His team recently captured their first-ever video footage of the creatures, showing a female with joeys in her pouch.
    — Amy Gunia, Time, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Mala is a joey (a baby kangaroo) and once joeys have left their mother’s pouch, only one in five will make it to their first birthday.
    — Tomris Laffly, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
  • And all of the young kangaroos (the joeys) were in fact real creatures rather than CGI.
    — Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Around September, this baby, also known as a joey, is ready to leave the pouch, Menzies says.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2020
  • There's an unusual take on the wonder of motherhood with a wallaby joey who spends most of his time in his mother's pouch.
    — Chip Reid, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2020
  • But the new quoll joeys indicate that despite its setbacks, the rewilding program has been a success.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 10 July 2018
  • There’s often a little story within the story, a joey in a marsupial pouch.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Cages contained adorable baby squirrels and a litter of 10 young opossums, called joeys, who were found in the pouch of their dead mother.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2020
  • The joey has now started to put on weight and was released to a specialist wildlife carer after gaining the requisite strength.
    — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Three decades ago, that milk would likely have been from a cow, causing diarrhea and other stomach problems in the joey, as baby koalas are known.
    — Serena Solomon, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2018
  • But fair warning — in some cases, these packs can make their wearers look like marsupial moms carrying their little joeys to term.
    — Julie Ma, The Cut, 22 Feb. 2018
  • On Thursday, the zoo shared a photo of the all-white, pink-eyed joey on Instagram, revealing the sweet news.
    — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The new bundle of joy was announced May 7 and was 4-year-old wallaby Sprocket's first joey.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2022

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