How to Use possum in a Sentence

possum

noun
  • But what comes out is not a raccoon, a stray dog or a possum.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Rodents, possums, and skunks show up to snack on the flesh and seeds.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Those who didn’t panic played possum.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • No wonder Craig feels more like a bunch of possums in a skin suit.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • The animal in the video is a possum.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
  • There has been a steady supply of dogs and cats, possums and raccoons to pick up.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2019
  • See if the blue death-feigning beetle will do its possum trick in your open palm.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
  • There was a possum struck and killed by a car, but the babies in her pouch survived.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 2018
  • When life gives you lemons, eat the lemons off the ground under the cover of night like a possum.
    — Viktoria Shulevich, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Her old fence is falling, and the other day a possum entered her yard.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The baby possum stretched across the dog's back and held onto dear life as the dog moved back and forth.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The researchers had a hunch that the possum suffered a brutal fate.
    — Bill Kearney South Florida Sun-Sentinel (tns), al, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Here’s how to discourage pesky possums from hanging around your house and yard.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • The rest were stored in a shed, where weather—and possums—destroyed all but a few hundred.
    — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Bloomfield didn’t know what attracted the possum to the toy shelf.
    — ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Bloomfield didn’t know what attracted the possum to the toy shelf.
    — ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • If a possum is eaten by a python, it is tracked and the python is euthanized.
    — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The rare animal looks more like a cute cross between a squirrel and a possum than like a rat.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The rare animal looks more like a cute cross between a squirrel and a possum than a large rat.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 Sep. 2017
  • So how did a wild possum end up inside an airport terminal?
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2026
  • And now, the possum has become something of a hero for being anti-work.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Resting on a shelf and clinging to it with its paw, the possum stared ahead cautiously.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The bridge has helped many possums cross the road, and at least one koala, based on footage from a wildlife camera from the last eight months.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Coppery like a penny, thick like bad molasses, even a little gamey like a possum.
    — Faron Levesque, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
  • Beyond all that, pace yourself, drink plenty of water and avoid that possum stew.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2022
  • Airport staff were able to remove the possum from the airport unharmed.
    — ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Airport staff were able to remove the possum from the airport unharmed.
    — ABC News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The gift shop area was sanitized after the possum was removed.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The rescue team headed to the possum's location on the mooring close to the pier.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Inside, a fuzzy white possum, seduced by cat food, sits, befuddled.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026

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