How to Use marmot in a Sentence

marmot

noun
  • As a result, once-common marmot species are rare in many places.
    — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And, like most native birds and mammals, marmots are on the menu of house cats, too.
    — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Look out for marmots frolicking on the rocky slope beside the parking lot.
    — James Lange, National Geographic, 11 Mar. 2019
  • The marmot can offer a portion of hope in this doomsday scenario.
    — Rochelle Baker, Wired, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Trout swim in its brilliant turquoise waters, while elk and sunbathing marmots are often seen from the path.
    — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
  • The researchers sequenced the genome of a male Himalayan marmot.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
  • Humans also have long exploited marmots for meat and fur.
    — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The lead conservationist is a large, fluffy ground squirrel known as a marmot.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
  • So, marmots need to double their weight during the summer, even in places where the season is only a few months long.
    — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And this is me in shorts and a T-shirt hiding under a blanket sunning on a grassy knoll and my marmot is with me.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024
  • In the mountains while hiking, don’t let your dog run around in areas with marmots, squirrels, mountain goats, etc.
    — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, 12 June 2017
  • But the most vivid memory was my encounter with a curious and hungry marmot.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
  • In town, the greengrocer finds a fuzzy, marmot-like creature with elephantine ears in a crate of oranges.
    — Frances Leech, Longreads, 3 May 2018
  • Raccoons, marmots, mice, and other small animals have been known to pilfer tasty morsels when given the chance.
    — Kraig Becker, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2019
  • Hoary marmots, flying squirrels and tundra swans prepare for sleep in their respective safe havens.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2019
  • This strategy works for birds, squirrels, deer, marmots, chipmunks, elk, moose, and bears, but sadly, not wolves.
    — Madeleine Trebenski, Outside Online, 1 July 2018
  • Groundhogs are rodents that belong to the marmot or ground squirrel family.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2024
  • The market sold seafood, but also chickens, bats, marmots, and other wild animals.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The whining of the wind, the whistle of a marmot and an occasional bleat from sheep somewhere in the distance are the only sounds.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2017
  • Seeing that marmot offshoot with his twitchy little nose and beady eyes, clutched by an obscure local bureaucrat, conjures hope for the year to come.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
  • She is caught up in an awareness of the marmots—of a concurrent marmot universe, of a concurrent marmot metaphysics.
    — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
  • But marmots breed like the proverbial bunnies and so have the potential to come back quickly from population declines.
    — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The marmot was last seen between American Airlines and one of the airport’s parking garages.
    — Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Earlier this year, a Mongolian couple died from the bubonic plague after eating raw marmot meat.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
  • On the Weibo social media platform, a user posted that the market sold live cats, dogs, wild chickens, snakes and marmots.
    — Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2020
  • The activities of the marmots, which are to some extent temperature related, drives the risk.
    — National Geographic, 5 Mar. 2017
  • The park is home to more than 200 bird species and 58 mammals, and visitors will be able to see everything from marmots to elk to bears.
    — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
  • On Friday, the divining marmot did not see his shadow, indicating an early spring.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Dinner guests were reportedly pleased at how tender the marmot meat was when properly prepared, tasting like a cross between pork and chicken.
    — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Hours later, after dodging cow patties the size of dinner plates and gaping holes leading to marmot burrows, the locations are chosen and the traps are set.
    — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025

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