How to Use koala in a Sentence

koala

noun
  • Even our darling koala turned to look!
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • Smith also got a close look at a snake and talked to a koala.
    — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The best sweatpants feel like wearing a pair of toasty koalas.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
  • For the most part, the study found little use of the plantations by the koalas.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 8 May 2017
  • Wildlife groups have been actively spraying down koalas that are perched in trees.
    — National Geographic, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Those koalas found in the plantations chose trees that were closest to those forests.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 8 May 2017
  • Many of the species — like the koala, platypus and echidna — aren’t found anywhere else.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The koala later was released in a forest — well away from the freeway.
    — Author: Rod McGuirk, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2021
  • So for the love of koalas, take a look at our favorite seating options—your bum will thank you for it.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 21 Nov. 2025
  • An emu holds lemonade, a koala rides a bike, and a crocodile suns himself.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2018
  • Then there’s this dove-gray Tibi coat, a cozy cross between a Gund koala and a bathrobe.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Thirteen people and thousands of koalas have died in wildfires over the past three months.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Unlike albino koalas, who sport pink eyes and nose, the pale fuzzball has dark features.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The brown area shows the range of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).
    — National Geographic, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Chlamydia is considered one of the major threats against koalas.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Hold a koala, hand-feed kangaroos, or catch the sheepdog and free-flight raptor shows.
    — Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The family got to stand in the koala sanctuary and take photos with them.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The dogs sniff for koala fur or the marsupial’s feces to locate them.
    — Caitlin Yilek, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2020
  • To mark their engagement, the couple released a koala back into the wild.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2019
  • In one photo, a baby is dressed in a koala costume, sitting inside a prop made to look like a tree.
    — Kyle Almond, CNN, 11 May 2017
  • Loss of habitat has brought many species, including the koala, to the brink of extinction.
    — The Economist, 24 Feb. 2018
  • While there, the group visited a zoo filled with giraffes, kangaroos and koalas.
    — Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Baby koalas, or joeys, can also catch the disease by feeding in their mother’s pouch.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In addition, baby koalas — known as joeys — can catch the disease from their mothers.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In the wake of the blazes, animal rescues have been fanning out to try to find any koalas that may have been injured.
    — Fox News, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The changes bring a bit of the Australian outback to the zoo for koalas, which are an endangered species.
    — Cody Jackson, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Australia's wild koala population has declined steeply in the past two decades.
    — Sarah Smythe, Arkansas Online, 5 May 2023
  • Be on the lookout for sea lions lolling on the rocks, as well as koalas, wallabies, and a host of shorebirds.
    — Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Where else but in Los Angeles could a mountain lion eat a koala?
    — Steve Winter, National Geographic, 10 Mar. 2016
  • Meet a koala at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary.
    — Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025

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