How to Use meerkat in a Sentence

meerkat

noun
  • Click like to share and then go watch a YouTube about adorable meerkats.
    — Ben Popken, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to meerkat.
    — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Nine of them were rescued, but one, a meerkat, perished in the fire.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
  • Then her meerkat starts pooping, while the two hot meerkats look on, appalled.
    — Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Wingate knows the meerkats well and can reach out and delicately touch their backs.
    — Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 30 May 2019
  • Adult female meerkats who don't become queen wind up as her ladies-in-waiting.
    — Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
  • Puff adders can suppress their own odor to avoid detection by keen-nosed dogs and meerkats.
    — Alan Burdick, The New Yorker, 4 May 2017
  • The meerkat family gets ready for bed with a few evening yoga stretches.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
  • That afternoon, Mugibelo told me that the meerkats aren’t just adorable.
    — AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And late last month, an aardvark and four meerkats were killed in a fire at London Zoo.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Accountants at nearby cafes raise their heads like meerkats to see what’s the commotion.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Two meerkats enjoy the sunset in the Kalahari Desert.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That idea never sat very well with researchers studying species such as meerkats, Lukas contends.
    — Tim Vernimmen, Scientific American, 20 June 2018
  • The zoo has suspended use of the dye until officials find out what happened to the meerkats.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 14 June 2023
  • According to a map of the zoo, the café is adjacent to the meerkat enclosure.
    — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2017
  • In this way, every meerkat acted as a control for its partner, but also for itself.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2010
  • The meerkats were able to return this weekend back to their regular exhibit, and all are healthy.
    — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2017
  • Silver told the court Hooker was in the process of returning the meerkat when the police called.
    — Trevor Marshallsea, The Seattle Times, 14 Nov. 2018
  • The first episode goes underground with meerkats, across plains with cheetahs and above the trees with a chimpanzee in Cameroon.
    — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
  • When the movement had quieted a bit, guests began popping up like meerkats to try and catch a glimpse of what happened.
    — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Officials said Misha died in the fire and the four missing meerkats were presumed to have perished as well.
    — Bloomberg.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Once her rivals reach their reproductive age, the alpha meerkat either kills them, or they are run out of the group.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 June 2022
  • Meanwhile, up in the sky, bats lead a much more egalitarian existence than do meerkats or mole rats.
    — Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
  • After witnessing the death of his father, a young lion runs away and comes of age in the company of a warthog and meerkat.
    — courant.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • But recently he was asked to take over the role of Timon, the meerkat, for four months on a national tour.
    — Ellen McCarthy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2022
  • That length is a little bit shy of four feet, which is what Paul Hollywood would have if he got turned into a meerkat.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Among the other animals along the trail are meerkats and western lowland gorillas.
    — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 June 2018
  • Humans, on average, are more monogamous than meerkats but less monogamous than beavers.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Humans, on average, are more monogamous than meerkats but less monogamous than beavers.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • However, three of the meerkats died within 36 hours despite the life-saving efforts.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023

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