How to Use muskrat in a Sentence

muskrat

noun
  • It is well known that muskies will grab young muskrats.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Gassing of the muskrat runs, or burrows, was also tried.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
  • Moose, black bear, eagles, muskrats and salmon are also present from time to time.
    — Mike Campbell, Alaska Dispatch News, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Imagine a pale roly-poly the size of a muskrat wandering the seafloor.
    — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Other wildlife spotted here include deer, muskrats, bears and even wolves.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Two sets of tracks—fox and mouse—weave across the snowy surface of the river, which is home to bass, muskrats, and beavers.
    — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
  • There are beavers, muskrats and brown bats, along with snapping turtles and Easter milk snakes.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland.com, 14 June 2019
  • The lake has been lowered by three to four feet after muskrats dug through sections of the dam that creates the lake.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The traps the city will likely use kill muskrats by trapping them underwater.
    — Kaitlyn Schwers, kansascity.com, 28 June 2017
  • Viewers can spot swans, herons, egrets, sandhill cranes, muskrats, mink, deer, bald eagles, osprey and more.
    — Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 21 Aug. 2017
  • If people want to smell like gamy muskrats down by the river, that’s their right as Americans.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
  • Bigger than a muskrat and smaller than a beaver, nutria can grow up to 20 pounds – about the size of a small beagle.
    — Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Now native Spartina grasses have returned, as have muskrats and threatened bird species.
    — Kyra Morris, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Thom as was named for the muskrat, wazhashk, the lowly, hardworking, water-loving rodent.
    — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The very last muskrat was killed in 1936, the campaign declared over in 1937.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
  • But past royal visits to Washington have sometimes gone awry − from amorous muskrats to a talking hat.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Frank Thompson, or Granddad, was an imposing oak of a man with eyebrows the size of muskrats.
    — Nicholas Thompson, Wired, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Unlike native Louisiana muskrat, which chomp the leaves of plants, nutria go straight for the roots.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 5 June 2017
  • In fact, one quite successful muskie artificial lure is fashioned of fur in the shape of a small muskrat, and has a black soft-plastic tail.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • In the ’50s, nutria surpassed muskrat both in number of animals trapped and pelt value.
    — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Anchor expected to find traces of raccoons and beavers, an occasional muskrat, and even a native mink.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2022
  • This is most likely a rush to judgement, as the muskrat’s diet is 95 percent vegetation.
    — al, 31 Aug. 2022
  • In death, mussels still play a role in the ecosystem, feeding muskrats, raccoons, and other riverside vertebrates.
    — Marion Renault, Wired, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Gurneau said the muskrat is an animal that plays an important role in many of the creation stories of the Great Lakes tribes.
    — Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The eagle looked right at us before resuming its aerial assessment, hooked yellow beak ready to snag a muskrat or bluegill from the ponds below.
    — Jamie Siebrase, The Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Occasionally, a beady-eyed muskrat surfaces on the lake, or a snapping turtle lazily sinks deeper.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The town would also need to purchase the necessary muskrat traps and be willing to take on any liability placing them in the park would cause.
    — Patrick Camp The Cullman Times, al, 7 July 2023
  • And from there, titters occasionally came out as the unleashed host moved on to one of the highest forms of comedy, muskrat humor.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 May 2026
  • The muskrats are depended on by bald eagles, and muskrats are probably the biggest consumer of the freshwater mussels.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • That said, muskrats are actually more closely related to woodland mice, Albers said.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2024

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