How to Use spirit animal in a Sentence

spirit animal

noun
  • One character has a pig for a spirit animal.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Can my spirit animal be a mosquito fish?
    — R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Embrace your spirit animal with a fierce print and dream of tropical getaways with exotic flowers.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Ricky Gervais‘ spirit animal is undoubtedly a cat.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • Their spirit animal, Alex Karaban, is a college basketball dinosaur – a four-year, plant-your-feet-in-one-place-and-stay senior.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The ride lineup will include five roller coasters along with a drop tower, boat ride, flying theater, gondola lift system, eccentric wheel and spirit animal carousel.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The polar bear may be seen as Coca-Cola's spirit animal, but Pepsi makes a play for the furry character in a new Super Bowl commercial.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The set features characters Derpy Tiger and Sussie Bird, companion supernatural spirit animals in the movie.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • The mysterious spirit animal messengers that Ji-noo sends, a tiger and a magpie who represent the nobles and commoners of many Korean folk tales, needed to be otherworldly without being fully demonic.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025

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