How to Use critter in a Sentence

critter

noun

• The woods are filled with skunks, raccoons, and other critters.
• The dry wipe is a less-mess way to ward off pesky critters from your picnic, outdoor brunch, or walk through the grassy park.
  — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 22 July 2019
• Others were throwing whole loaves of bread to the birds, which was drawing nuisance critters.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 24 July 2019
• My garden is home to many birds, bugs, rodents, and other forest critters.
  — Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
• Hit by lightning in 2000, the tree now serves as a critter corner, complete with a mail slot.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2019
• Protect them from critters by spraying each bulb with an animal repellant before planting.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 July 2019
• Charming little critters like Woodhouse’s toads or small lizards line the shores, giving kiddos a distraction from long days at the lake.
  — Patricia Cameron, The Know, 22 June 2019
• Hurricane Barry dumped heavy rains on Louisiana and left creepy critters looking for a dry place.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al.com, 15 July 2019
• Maybe a trip to the countryside will help the family unite, but Max is a city pup and some of these farmyard critters don’t take kindly to a furry foreigner.
  — Guy Hanford, Ramona Sentinel, 24 July 2019
• Sinuous sea horses, leaping dolphins, and mythological sea critters might together seem crazy, but there’s a method to the madness.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 29 June 2019
• Anyone battling the pesky critters known as lice, or superlice, will be thrilled to learn a lice-zapping device has been developed by an Israeli company.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 2 July 2019
• Unlike the tropical variety, the native plants die down to the ground in the winter, so overwintering critters aren’t an issue, Vanderhoff says.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2019
• Other colorful critters have been grabbing attention recently.
  — Fox News, 10 July 2019
• Moths are one of the worst critters to have in your home.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
• Here a group of researchers walked up and down the trails on the hunt for critters of the night.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
• But most of the time moose are shy and elusive critters.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 10 Aug. 2023
• Whatever the reason the ferret left, the goal was to get the critter back on the ranch.
  — Tracy Harmon, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2021
• One brush by a critter and the pod bursts open to scatter its seeds.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• The first step to get rid of ants (or any critter for that matter) is to deep clean your home.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
• And any microbes and critters the ships picked up near the equator would be dumped, too.
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2019
• The critters’ soft bodies can’t withstand the impact of the spray.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
• This goes for cats or any critter that needs to be taken care of.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2021
• And then there’s the critters (this could be anything from squirrels to mice to ground hogs).
  — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Sep. 2019
• If the culprit is a weevil, go ahead and breathe a sigh of relief—and maybe even check the critter out.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 July 2022
• Dozens of dogs, cats and small critters found new homes today.
  — CNN, 23 Nov. 2019
• The coastal critter was dubbed the sheepshead fish for the way its mouth resembles the muzzle of a sheep, the BBC reports.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2021
• The only critter that would consume the entire root of a carrot and not the top is a vole.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2021
• One day, Shep came trotting home with a tiny critter in his jaw.
  — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
• Maintaining an enclosure with proper UV will be key to your bearded dragon's health, but spending time with their human outside their enclosure is how the critters will really bond with you.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
• As an example, years ago Florida researchers had been hearing claims about the decimation of meso mammals, which are medium-sized critters like raccoons, rabbits, and possums.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024