How to Use omnivore in a Sentence

omnivore

noun
  • So how could a book like this be making an omnivore like me so happy?
    — Alexander Lobrano, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The vegan blue cheese dip is worth a try, even for omnivores.
    — Brittany Martin, Los Angeles Magazine, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Bear scats vary widely based on what food sources the omnivore is digesting.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 30 May 2024
  • All three species are omnivores that spend most of their lives underwater.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
  • Members of this group were mainly plant eaters or omnivores with sturdy builds; many of them had hooves.
    — Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 1 June 2022
  • If girls are sugar and spice, does that equate them to herbivores, to the boy-snips-and-snails of omnivores?
    — Kyle Lukoff, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 May 2023
  • The big birds prefer seeds, insects, snails and snakes, but the omnivores will also eat pet food and plant seedlings.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 14 Apr. 2024
  • But rarely have its contingency plans had to deal with stray omnivores at the rural plant.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
  • But being both a cultural omnivore and a frank truth-teller have served him well.
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Its menu, crafted by omnivores, has the potential to appeal to a wide range of eaters.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The gibbons are omnivores, but most of their diet comes from plants and not animals.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The iPod zapped all the boundaries of genre or era, creating a new breed of pop omnivore.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2022
  • Sun bears are omnivores and their average lifespan in the wild is 25 years.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Early dinosaurs were also bipedal and are believed to have been omnivores.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Most squirrels are omnivores, but are usually seen eating nuts, seeds, and grains.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Even omnivores are satisfied, peeling off the costra-like crispy cheese bits baked into the sides of the dish.
    — Elyse Inamine, Bon Appétit, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Chickens are omnivores and want to eat bugs and worms alongside nutritious chicken feed.
    — Pete & Gerry's Contributor, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Pescatarians and omnivores will find something new each week in the restaurant’s fish special.
    — Carla Jean Whitley, al, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Vervet monkeys are also omnivores that can live up to 30 years, per the foundation.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
  • When previously out on a date with an omnivore, Janzen says her date made fun of male vegans.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 25 July 2023
  • These small mammals are generally active during both the day and night and are omnivores.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2023
  • As opportunistic omnivores, hogs will eat damn near anything.
    — M.d. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Behavior Bush babies are omnivores that eat fruit, insects, and the gum that oozes out of certain tree species.
    — National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2019
  • The omnivores will also eat almost anything, from leather to backyard fruit, though many prefer wild prey, even when living in cities.
    — National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2016
  • The omnivore weighed about 50 pounds and increased in size as the climate became drier and cooler.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 23 May 2018
  • These dangerous omnivores, a relative of a wolf, will devour what’s inside a garbage can, then your little dog or cat.
    — Janet Eastman, oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
  • This little omnivore would have scrambled through the trees over the heads of Tyrannosaurus and survived where the non-avian dinosaurs did not.
    — Riley Black, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Here, in no particular order, are suggested places for both the omnivore and the veggie eater.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • But many bears already seem to be thriving in areas where the trees aren't found, a reminder that in many ways grizzlies are omnivores that can be quite adaptable.
    — National Geographic, 22 June 2017
  • So far, some of what Martinez has found sounds like standard fare for toothy omnivores that live near population centers.
    — Lauren Williams, Orange County Register, 8 June 2017

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