How to Use rabbit ears in a Sentence

rabbit ears

plural noun
  • The old rabbit ears of years ago have been greatly improved since.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 7 July 2020
  • Some people see rabbit ears, while some are seeing a bird’s beak.
    — Ricky Pinela, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • One picks his nose; another makes rabbit ears behind his brother.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • The leading picture of the topic portrays three cartoon girls with rabbit ears and miniskirts.
    — Youyou Zhou, Quartz, 18 Aug. 2019
  • With this game, players wear a pair of inflatable rabbit ears while their partners try to toss the rings onto them.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • As Price was talking, Fiodorow gave her rabbit ears behind her head.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2019
  • Eat another pair of chocolate rabbit ears and all the orange jellybeans.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2020
  • This adorable sign showcases the spirit of the season with pastel gingham, green wreaths, and of course, rabbit ears.
    — Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Not that rabbit ears and the age of digital and high-definition signals are made for one another.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • Filters—floating pink hearts, rabbit ears—embellished others.
    — Longreads, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The second spot shows images of Biden stammering and fumbling inside an old television set with rabbit ears.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 24 June 2020
  • Some caretakers will also amputate their unwieldy rabbit ears, leaving the square, awkward stumps.
    — Kristin Hugo, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The 4-year-old, whom Kardashian shares with Tristan Thompson, donned a pink dress to match her fluffy rabbit ears.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Apparently most respondents would rather surf the web while using rabbit ears to watch local TV.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 June 2018
  • To make sure they were arranged evenly, Oshiro showed me how to start with two petals opposite one another, looking kind of like rabbit ears.
    — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Like the figure at Panther Cave, the human figures all displayed animal attributes, such as wings, deer antlers, rabbit ears, or fur.
    — Will Hunt, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
  • Later, the mother-son duo hit the beach, where Theo enjoyed playing in the sand and climbing onto surfboards while dressing in a blue onesie with floppy rabbit ears.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Maria's aunt Ethel Kennedy, the family's matriarch at age 94, kept it festive for the holiday in a pair of fuzzy rabbit ears.
    — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 18 Apr. 2022
  • As more viewers migrate to streaming platforms and fewer are old enough to remember rabbit ears anymore, broadcast networks keep turning to timeworn tactics to survive.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The big golden bunny wasn’t on hand at Oracle Park as the Giants earned their seventh win in eight home games, but at a clump of fans was spotted wearing rabbit ears.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Few professional sports teams have rabbit ears the size of the ones on Portland’s NBA organization.
    — oregonlive.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The old rabbit ears of yore have been replaced by newer, more powerful antennas that plug into the power outlet and usually come with a portable tuner for a way stronger signal reception.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2020
  • No, those of us who can remember rabbit ears on the TV are content to quietly pine, wishing that someone would take notice of our new earrings or wistful hand under chin and snap us.
    — Megan Angelo, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In the end, his basket to pass Duncan came shortly after David Robinson was on the Jumbotron giving Duncan rabbit ears.
    — Christian Clark, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For about 20 years, the ultrasounds that were part of prenatal care showed a scratchy black-and-white image that looked like an old TV when the rabbit ears fell over and the poltergeist was trying to talk to you.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 13 May 2018
  • These vibrators are specifically designed for vaginal stimulation, with an extra shaft for additional clitoral stimulation and have the look of rabbit ears, hence the name.
    — Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 15 May 2025
  • The blaring alarm comes from offensive statistics that look bad, are bad, and seem impossible to comprehend for a team not wearing leather helmets and playing on black-and-white TVs with rabbit ears.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Peacock exclusives Like ABC, NBC gets picked up for free with a broadcast antenna (rabbit ears never went out of style).
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The moniker has stuck for McClain, who uses it on his social media accounts and recently released merchandise with a logo drawing inspiration from the cartoon sheriff’s hat and rabbit ears.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Exhibited near the Zócalo, the critters delightfully go against nature with multiple, disparate parts—say, eagle talons, butterfly wings, leopard legs, and rabbit ears—merged into a single fantastic creature.
    — Jennifer Barger, National Geographic, 19 Oct. 2020

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