How to Use scavenger in a Sentence

scavenger

noun
  • Print up a list of clues that lead the hunters from egg to egg, scavenger-hunt-style.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 11 Apr. 2020
  • The birds, which are scavengers, are renowned for their massive wingspan.
    — Claire Hao, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2023
  • So in came the scavengers, to buy those mines for cheap, with vague promises to renew them.
    — David Roberts, Vox, 9 July 2019
  • Pick up nature scavenger challenge sheet and complete items on list for prize.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Weird Al Yankovic has been a scavenger at pop’s margins for four decades.
    — Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica and Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017
  • And there, soon enough, would be the carcass, swollen in the sun, too much meat even for the scavengers to keep up with.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Tiger sharks are known for voracious appetites and are some of the ocean’s most avid scavengers.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 June 2024
  • These darling finds are perfect for church services, scavenger egg hunts, and brunch.
    — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The carcass was burned to make sure the virus didn’t spread to any scavengers, Beckmen said.
    — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2023
  • First come the scavengers — sharks, crabs, hagfish — which tear into the soft tissue.
    — Sruthi Gurudev Jules Jacobs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Think about the scavenger bird and images of disease and decay soon follow.
    — Gertrude Kitongo, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
  • In the red zone, Zoom parties and at-home scavenger hunts are suggested.
    — Gary Dinges, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The bags were dropped into Yaquina Bay where scavengers set about cleaning the bones.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Chased down by facehuggers and Xenomorphs, the scavengers must get the pods and escape the ship.
    — Rendy Jones, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024
  • On weekends, the family likes to take trips to the park, go swimming, ride bikes and have scavenger hunts.
    — Jane Hanson, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The whale’s eye was still intact, even though the eyes are usually one of the first body parts to get picked apart by scavengers.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Tourists are urged to lock up their food and trash, and anglers instructed to bury any bait that may attract scavengers.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The remains support ocean scavengers.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Survivors face roaming scavengers called Reapers.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Survivors face roaming scavengers called Reapers.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Enjoy a day of bean bag tosses, scavenger hunts, sack races and more with the entire family.
    — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
  • In effect, the coating acts as an oxygen scavenger inside the battery cell.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Three scavengers at the dump had been gunned down recently, and their families couldn’t afford to bury them.
    — Sheila Coronel, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Once the weather gets cold enough, the bears will hibernate, and many scavengers become less active.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Pappas has contended that the Land Bank has thrown a wrench in the scavenger sale through the years.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Her father appears chiefly as the builder of the family home and a scavenger of secondhand goods to fill it.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Unique adventure where clever clues and riddles will lead scavenger teams around many of the sights and fun locations in search of prizes.
    — Mary Lou Cruz, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • But that approach is failing as the number of scavengers declines and the amount of household waste rises.
    — Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2018
  • Garbage Wasps are also scavengers, and they can often be found flying around garbage bins looking for their next meal.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
  • Garbage Wasps are also scavengers, and they can often be found flying around garbage bins looking for their next meal.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026

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