How to Use critter in a Sentence

critter

noun

• The woods are filled with skunks, raccoons, and other critters.
• 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
• There will be a scavenger hunt, pond critter sampling, archery, owl pellet dissections and more.
  — Chris Sims, Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2019
• Flash back to your youth and rediscover the simple pleasure of watching critters in the tide pool.
  — Sara Stoudt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
• Animal competition wraps up today and the barns close at 5 p.m. so the critters can get packed up and back home.
  — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 2 Sep. 2019
• Enjoy creepy critter encounters, crafts and games that celebrate nature in the fall.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2024
• With so many critters populating Earth, how much of a dent can the commercial trade really make?
  — Jani Actman, National Geographic, 5 Sep. 2019
• The most common critters were bryozoans—tiny invertebrates.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2019
• Higher up in the core, a layer of seafloor sediment seems to record a miraculous return of small critters to the crater within just a couple of years.
  — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2019
• But upperclassmen living in one of the college’s three apartment buildings have the opportunity to bring their critters to campus.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• Current wrangling techniques include vacuuming up squishy critters and using nets that can tangle the animals.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2019
• While an unusually cold winter might decrease rodent populations over time, those critters who do survive may be even more motivated to seek refuge from the weather.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2019
• Paper studies and reality are two totally different critters.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 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
• 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
• Even after all that rest, the little critter still might not be ready to face 2022.
  — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 Dec. 2021
• Keep an eye out for critters like lizards and June beetles, too.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
• Step into the Mad Scientist Lab for a walk-through adventure filled with potions, creepy critters, and electrifying experiments.
  — Brittany Delay, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024