How to Use kangaroo in a Sentence

kangaroo

noun
  • The staff is eager to pair a lone tree kangaroo with a new mate.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The victim sat on the back of the kangaroo and bounced around the arena.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2017
  • The kangaroo was gone, except for some rank fur and a bit of backbone.
    — Brooke Jarvis, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2012
  • And there is even more to kangaroo behavior than meets the eye.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This week is kangaroo mince Bolognese with a tonnnneee of basil.
    — Refinery29 Australia Team, refinery29.com, 22 Jan. 2024
  • But in lean years the kangaroos starve in the millions, Grigg said.
    — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Not since the kangaroo has there been this staunch a proponent of the pouch.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Roo, in the books, was a small brown kangaroo and son of Kanga.
    — Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • As the name implies, these smallish kangaroos are at home in trees.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2019
  • Roo, in the books, was a small brown kangaroo and the son of Kanga.
    — Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And both of these species are about as different from a white shark as a dog is from a kangaroo.
    — Gavin Naylor, The Conversation, 25 July 2019
  • Hold a koala, hand-feed kangaroos, or catch the sheepdog and free-flight raptor shows.
    — Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This hoodie has a large kangaroo pocket on the front and drawstrings on the hood.
    — Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Our favorite is a stretchy kangaroo pocket that spans the bottom of the back side.
    — Peter Koch, Outside Online, 10 May 2020
  • Here guests sip champagne at sunset on the lawn while kangaroos come up within a few feet of them.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The blooms are said to resemble kangaroo paws.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • How does a kangaroo escape a petting zoo?
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
  • How does a kangaroo escape a petting zoo?
    — CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • On a quieter stretch of sidewalk, a cardboard cutout of a kangaroo leaned against a fence.
    — Erin Stone, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2021
  • The light green sweatshirt has kangaroo pockets and thumbholes in the sleeves to keep it in place.
    — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a kangaroo encounter where kids get up close with small examples of the species.
    — al, 23 May 2021
  • Tree kangaroos spend nearly all their lives in trees, according to the zoo.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
  • These animals are tiny cousins of the kangaroo.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In any event, dwarf and hybrid kangaroo paws are shorter-lived than the classic kinds.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 19 June 2025
  • What has Chesney the kangaroo been up to since being home?
    — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • In the background, a third kangaroo is just hanging out and grazing.
    — David Caraccio, sacbee, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The design features palm trees and cute kangaroos.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
  • And there are the icons such as koalas, crocodiles, kangaroos and wombats.
    — Washington Post, 25 July 2019
  • At the time of the escape, the kangaroo was carrying her baby, known as a joey.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 2026
  • And the kangaroo pouch is great for stashing small essentials.
    — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025

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