How to Use omnivorous in a Sentence

omnivorous

adjective
  • She is an omnivorous reader.
  • Scat ranges from black to reddish, a function of their omnivorous ways.
    — Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Both are omnivorous, eating just about anything that moves and some things that don't.
    — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Both are omnivorous bottom feeders that can grow to large sizes.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Having more copies of this gene has allowed dogs to eat a more omnivorous diet.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
  • The omnivorous tegu lizards have been known to eat alligator and bird eggs.
    — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2018
  • The most omnivorous of our woodpeckers seem to be the red-bellied.
    — Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Bat stars are omnivorous and frequently feed on carcasses that fall to the ocean floor.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
  • Jude is an omnivorous consumer of social- media slop.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Every gallery has pictures that will take your breath away with their omnivorous ambition.
    — Vulture, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Their beaks are longer and slightly curved downward, which is ideal for their broad, omnivorous diet.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Those scraps are easier to catch than anything else the omnivorous mammals are likely to get their paws on.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Bullheads are omnivorous bottom feeders that do most of their eating at night, which is also when most folks fish for them.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023
  • Part of that, of course, was thanks to the local musicians who tapped into the city’s omnivorous taste in music.
    — Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2017
  • These bears are found along the coast of Alaska and Canada and are omnivorous like their inland cousins.
    — Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The animals are omnivorous, eating a mixed diet of plants, berries, fish, and small mammals.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • Meals are farm-to-table and served buffet-style, with omnivorous or vegan options.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
  • Meals are farm-to-table and served buffet-style, with omnivorous or vegan options.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
  • Most of the meat humans eat comes from plant eating or omnivorous species — our typical meat doesn’t usually eat meat.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In this case, Nimit said, an omnivorous 82-pound alpha male baboon made a meal out of a young gazelle.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 May 2020
  • The other is the fall armyworm, which is even more omnivorous and a rapidly growing problem in Africa.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Wrapped up in three soft flour tortillas featuring crunchy, spicy, sweet and savory in all the right places the tacos would be at home on almost any omnivorous menu.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The only other candidates were the large, meat-eating or omnivorous mammals of the site.
    — Brian Switek, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2010
  • Two of the diets were omnivorous and included protein from both animals and plants.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • Alex Ross dives into the œuvre of a thinker whose work was omnivorous, exacting, and hopeful.
    — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • But de Jong never committed to a single style or subject matter, and that was in some way born of her omnivorous mind.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
  • Gabler, an omnivorous reader, is perhaps the leading champion of the book-to-film pipeline.
    — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • The takahē, known for its omnivorous diet, chased and attempted to bite the tuatara, which managed to defend itself.
    — Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
  • In the omnivorous version, lamb, beef and turkey salamis are neatly layered, making the cross-section look like a meaty gypsum brick.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021
  • Some modern carnivores, like bears, dogs and wolverines, have back teeth that can shear and crush so those animals can be a little more omnivorous.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2019

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