How to Use mandrill in a Sentence

mandrill

noun
  • The devil and the mandrill try to kiss, in costume, which is weirder still.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2021-06-23
  • What is a mandrill and why is the species population declining?
    — Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 2024-10-04
  • And one obvious question remains: why would a mandrill need to clean under its toenails?
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2011-07-07
  • Its first contestant, a former pro-volleyball player masked as a mandrill, provides an answer.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 2021-10-28
  • One stick held mandrill feces full of parasites, another mostly parasite-free poop.
    — National Geographic, 2017-04-18
  • Baby mandrills nurse for anywhere from six to 12 months and remain close to their mothers even after weaning, according to the release.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2024-02-03
  • The old mandrill has completely lost his walking staff/weapon in the beginning of the movie and instead has to rely on red roots to create a powder to smear on Simba’s head.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2019-07-23
  • The mandrill’s tale starts with a young Mufasa (Braelyn Rankins) and a flood that violently separates him from his parents.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 2024-12-17
  • Though there are tiny apes (the gibbon, at under 20 pounds) and large monkeys (the mandrill, up to 80 pounds), apes are generally larger and require a lot more calories.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2019-12-05
  • Nikki turned 37 in January, even though mandrill monkeys typically do not live past their early twenties, according to the zoo.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 2024-06-16
  • Fortunately, in mandrills as in humans, social avoidance generally doesn’t last forever.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 2017-04-13
  • The mandrills could detect infection status based on smell alone: mandrills presented with two bamboo stalks rubbed in feces strongly avoided a stalk rubbed with droppings from another mandrill that had lots of parasites.
    — Scientific American, 2020-07-01
  • As Rafiki, the mandrill who is healer, sage and shaman, Zama sings in a powerful voice, gives Simba a crucial pep talk and pulls off several delightful comic bits.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2020-02-07
  • The ride sees guests sitting in the arms of a mandrill while dodging jungle hazards before rocketing to the summit of the 55ft tall Jaguar Shrine – and then travelling the track backwards.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 2023-05-14
  • Rafiki, in the film a male mandrill (often referred to as a baboon), became female for the stage version; Nala, a childhood friend of Simba, was made more forceful, and the strength and centrality of lionesses to the pride was emphasized.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 2022-11-16
  • The living animals seized included sacred ibises, white-faced capuchins, tortoises and Burmese pythons, while the 28 dead animals included an alligator, a mandrill and a green-winged macaw, according to a search warrant.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 2023-12-11
  • The attention to detail is exquisite, from Timon’s jittery hands and random scratching fits to the water droplets hanging off the whiskers of wise mandrill Rafiki (John Kani) during a torrential rainstorm.
    — Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press, 2019-07-01

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