How to Use carnivorous in a Sentence

carnivorous

adjective

• Terror birds were carnivorous, living off small to mid-sized mammals.
  — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
• But why did early humans—who primarily ate a carnivorous diet—have the amylase gene?
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
• In response, carnivorous dinosaurs appeared, diversified and flourished as well.
  — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
• Nicknamed Hell’s Aquarium for the number of carnivorous sea monsters that inhabited this swath of sea, Deinosuchus lived along with a number of toothy beasts.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
• Here, some of the best carnivorous plants to grow inside, with how-to tips.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 30 Sep. 2021
• But the team also found tooth marks on the bones of the carnivorous Allosaurus.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2020
• These buttes jut upward like the bony ridge of a lupine jaw, sharp and carnivorous and ragged.
  — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
• The twist: the greenery was made up of live, carnivorous venus fly traps and pitcher plants.
  — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2023
• Crafts people have also joined the crusade to rid the oceans of the carnivorous fish.
  — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• These birds are also carnivorous and have wings that are soft and fluffy with combs and ragged fringes.
  — Dana MacKenzie, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2020
• Butcher Box is for those carnivorous dad’s who can’t seem to say no to a good steak.
  — Josie Howell | [e-mail], al, 7 June 2022
• This part of the coast is the only place on earth where those famous carnivorous plants grow wild.
  — John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
• On the surface, Peele's film is the tale of a UFO which turns out to be a flying, carnivorous monster.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 24 July 2022
• This is a show-stopping piece of fish and will win over even the most hard-nosed carnivorous critics.
  — Josh Niland, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2021
• These were ghost bats, a carnivorous species, colonies of which cluster in caves and disused mine shafts in the north of Australia.
  — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2020
• Most impressive was the crunch on the skin, which ripped apart in a pleasing, carnivorous way.
  — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2021
• At Taste of Nigeria, it can be given a carnivorous twist by adding your choice of meat.
  — Joanna O'Leary, Chron, 23 Feb. 2021
• And what if the bad guys are carnivorous dinosaurs ravaging a city?
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 10 Feb. 2022
• The drone is named after a species of ghostly white, carnivorous bats.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2022
• This will be any carnivorous plant, like Venus fly trap and pitcher plants.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024
• Nothing good for your prospects of a good, carnivorous meal.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 4 Dec. 2020
• The analysis revealed that two of the extinct species were, like the caiman, carnivorous.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2019
• Among all the carnivorous mammals that have ever lived, Andrewsarchus may have been the largest.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2020
• The print is believed to be from a species of theropod, which are carnivorous dinosaurs that stood on two legs, much like the Tyrannosaurus rex.
  — Mike Wehner, BGR, 18 Apr. 2021
• Who could resist a man as frankly carnivorous as David Lee?
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 6 Oct. 2020
• Venus Fly Trap As its name suggests, this carnivorous plant feeds on both houseflies and fruit flies.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 13 June 2023
• The gory cannibal film, about a girl whose palate shifts to something more carnivorous (a.k.a.
  — Rebecca Keegan, VanityFair.com, 22 Mar. 2017
• In other times and places, habitats were full of carnivorous dinosaurs of all sizes.
  — Riley Black, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2020
• The fact that the Microraptor ate the lizard head-first is similar to the way modern carnivorous birds eat.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 July 2019
• The anatomy of this group, as well as the T. rex and abelisaurids -- other giant carnivorous dinosaurs -- is defined by large skulls and feet and tiny arms.
  — Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 7 July 2022

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024