How to Use vervet in a Sentence

vervet

noun
  • The vervet monkey is not an anomaly.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Because vervets are non-native, state law does not protect them.
    — Samantha Dee, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The monkeys are believed to be vervet monkeys.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Back at camp, vervet monkeys had heard word of a new kitchen in town and were keen to join us for breakfast.
    — Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025
  • To learn more about vervet monkeys, visit the zoo in person or on social media.
    — Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 19 June 2018
  • Other animals, like vervet monkeys and meerkats, demonstrate this sense as well.
    — Sherry Liang, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Young vervets sometimes use these calls faultily, perhaps sounding a leopard alarm for a warthog.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
  • His application was for a squirrel monkey, not a vervet monkey.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2024
  • The alarm call vervet monkeys use to warn of martial eagles is nearly identical to the call green monkeys use to warn of drones.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • Tao, a vervet monkey; and a trio of yellow baboons named Fox, Pretzel and Mwayi.
    — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
  • For this reason, vervets have evolved a pattern of distinct screams that not only act as a warning but also reveal the type of predator in their midst.
    — Frank T. McAndrew, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Baboons wrestled and chased vervet monkeys, oblivious to the small band of humans in their midst who were enraptured by the splendor of it all.
    — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
  • In short, the proportions of vervets who are teetotal, regular, and heavy drinkers are quite similar to those seen in humans.
    — Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Young vervet monkeys are sometimes sold on the exotic animal market while adults are kept for breeding, Williams said.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • And the desk chairs weave a story of Nevis, adorned with nods to its lush flora and playful green vervet monkeys, the iconic ambassadors of the island.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Now that the mystery of how the vervet monkeys ended up in Dania Beach is solved, the future of the playful primates is still up in the air.
    — Scott Luxor, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2021
  • One vervet from Dania was trapped by poachers last summer and one female disappeared in November.
    — Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The decades-old colony of vervet monkeys in Dania Beach has a new landlord and the preservationists who are their guardians are hoping for a long-term lease.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2022
  • The zoo introduced the baby vervet to the public via a Facebook post written by an animal care specialist named Hillary.
    — Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 19 June 2018
  • Our village is surrounded by mango trees, so baboons and vervet monkeys are regular visitors during the mango season.
    — Martin Edstrom, National Geographic, 16 June 2017
  • Erkelens spent about five days on the island and recalls afternoons lounging on the beach, drinking beers at the bar, and exploring the island, where vervet monkeys ambled down from the hills.
    — Amanda Schaffer, WIRED, 1 May 2018
  • The star attraction is the massive wraparound deck, which boasts an outdoor shower, plunge pool, built-in misting system, and plush seating for watching vervet monkey antics with a drink in hand.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Six-year-old John Ssebunya was found living with green vervet monkeys in the Ugandan jungle in 1991.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Locals say more than 30,000 green vervet monkeys live on the island, with early morning and late afternoon the best time for monkey spotting.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Williams believes the monkey may be Maddie, a female African vervet monkey that recently disappeared from the sanctuary's colony.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • While the vervet research won acclaim, Slobodchikoff’s remained frustratingly sidelined.
    — Ferris Jabr, New York Times, 12 May 2017
  • Zoo officials say the new exhibit is a way to highlight some of the more obscure species like fossas, lemurs, vervet monkeys, and klipspringers, and highlight them at a time when wildlife is disappearing from the continent.
    — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 June 2017
  • The reason, we are told, is concern about disruption of access to a nearby sanctuary of vervet monkeys, the adorable offspring of escapees from a breeding farm in the 1940s.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Be warned, vervet monkeys and baboons abound and unlike Simba’s mandrill friend, Rafiki (which means friend in Swahili), these monkeys are more likely to steal your food than offer sage advice.
    — National Geographic, 11 July 2019
  • Frogs and small lizards make ideal foods for such diminutive primates and are also enjoyed by squirrel monkeys, blue monkeys and all the Old World Cercopithecines — vervet monkeys, macaques and mandrills.
    — Jesse Hawley, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2021

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