How to Use penguin in a Sentence

penguin

noun
  • How does a penguin build its house?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • The penguins that are in the movie, those are a nod to my mom.
    — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • My wife, Robin, loves penguins.
    — Catherine Pearson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • This meant there were few things that would mess with a black-bear-size penguin.
    — Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Point your feet out slightly like a penguin.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Roll up your sleeves, put on an apron, and get ready to make your very own penguin.
    — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 6 Dec. 2018
  • Sporting a red cap, this cute penguin will bring cheer to your front yard.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 14 Nov. 2022
  • What is the lonely penguin meme?
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That’s the power of the penguin.
    — Haley Kluge, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • The penguins hop on the scale and wait to be rewarded with fish treats.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The penguin carried the wedding bands on a ring tied around his neck.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
  • In the meantime, the penguin has been tagged with a purple band.
    — Fox News, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The call of the jackass penguin might seem like a far cry from human speech.
    — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2020
  • The chick that hatched was cared for by the male penguins and named Tango.
    — Lisa Rathke, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But our musings about penguin diets couldn’t last all day.
    — Scott Laird, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • In the background, a penguin road, which the birds take round the clock to head to the sea to hunt.
    — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
  • This led to a scarcity of food supplies for fish, seals, penguins and whales.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Each set features molds in the shape of whales, penguins, dolphins, and squid.
    — Brittany Natale, Women's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Most of Pesto’s weight comes from the brown fuzz that keeps penguin chicks warm through winter.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2024
  • At first, Biddulph didn’t know what to call the penguin—or whether to name him at all.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The penguins have been offered some relief.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Not the live penguin who gets shipped to the hotel and keeps wandering around.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Around 18 species of penguin can be found in living on Earth.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But penguins will probably be the main living things able to see it.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
  • In their place will be a Tyrannosaurus rex, a penguin and a rubber ducky.
    — Wayne Parry, Twin Cities, 17 Mar. 2017
  • Take the scene when the Gentoo penguins speed up to 22 miles per hour.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The zoo is home to the continent's largest African penguin colony.
    — Emma Bowman, NPR, 8 Sep. 2024
  • When the door opened, the penguins all waddled to their outdoor habitat.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Since then, the zoo has hatched more than 55 Humboldt penguin chicks.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Feb. 2022
  • As the structures go up, penguins and seals wander by to observe the team’s progress.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026

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