How to Use monkey in a Sentence

monkey

1 of 2 noun

• I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off.
• He's quite a cheeky little monkey, isn't he?
• The kids were sent links that when clicked, would open images of the N-word and monkeys.
  — Summer Linstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• The same type of cut was found in the area housing the zoo's langurs, a small breed of monkey.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
• And not just a monkey, but the sounds of a monkey to emphasize it!
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 31 Aug. 2023
• The brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 9 May 2023
• The same type of cut was also found in the area housing the zoo's langurs, a small breed of monkey.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
• But getting there this time was no monkey off of Dixon's back.
  — I.c. Murrell, Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2023
• No charges in the langur monkey case have been announced.
  — Andy Rose, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
• In the top picture, a number of monkeys are located on and around a car.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 3 July 2023
• The miracle happened: The monkey returned the baby and the light at the top of the tower has been burning since.
  — Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2023
• Visit Monkey Park: Don’t let the name fool you, there’s more than just monkeys here.
  — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 8 Nov. 2023
• The Angels have featured a monkey jumping up and down on their video boards since 2000.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• Always that monkey on your back saying do it, do it, just have fun and f— it.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
• The monkeys hadn’t escaped, but zoo officials worried that the worst was still to come.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2023
• For six years, scientists around the globe searched for a safe home for the endangered monkeys.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 July 2023
• This is the same for most land mammals: cats, dogs, monkeys, horses, cows, and hippos.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
• The park also had a zoo, where people could see bears, lions, monkeys and more.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• Black players are still taunted with racial slurs and monkey sounds.
  — Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
• There would only be monkeys here, and deer there and rabbits in between.
  — Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Riding of deer by the monkeys of Yakushima Island is rare, but not unheard-of.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 31 Aug. 2023
• The high priest had to work double duty leading the prayers and making sure the monkeys didn’t steal our belongings!
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2023
• Lauren Goode: Because what did those poor pigs and sheeps and monkeys ever do to Elon Musk to deserve that?
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 20 July 2023
• By the early 1970s, the virus, which by then was known to infect small mammals besides monkeys, had spread to humans as well.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 Mar. 2024
• Much like monkeys swinging from branch to branch, some parrots can swing through the trees with the greatest of ease, scientists have learned.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
• One of the monkeys grabbed the cable and started taking photos, which panned out to be adorable monkey selfies.
  — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 16 Aug. 2023
• In another, the habitat of some langur monkeys was cut open.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2024
• In Italy, where monkey chants swirled in April as a Black player celebrated a goal.
  — Tales Azzoni and Steve Douglas, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2023
• Dozens of grazing deer perk up their ears, then join in the staccato warning screeches of the langur monkeys and birds high up in the trees.
  — Charukesi Ramadurai, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2023
• Other Oz-worthy touches throughout the night included clips from the film playing before each clue package, as well as flying monkeys, Miss Gulch, and a little dog on hand to give clues on stage.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024

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monkey

2 of 2 verb

• Why do thriving sports feel the need to monkey around with their product?
  — George Vecsey, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2017
• To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019
• Wayne Newton‘s pet likely won’t be monkeying around any longer.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• Last year our smokestacks and tailpipes puffed out more than 60 trillion pounds of the greenhouse gas, monkeying with the planet’s climate and acidifying the oceans.
  — NBC News, 1 Nov. 2017
• But there’s no stopping the construction now, so signing Kaepernick would not monkey-wrench the stadium.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018
• Vieux Carre home owners and hoteliers have traditionally applied grease to the poles to prevent such monkeying around.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Again, negotiators might monkey around a bit with the formula for how rapidly the Obamacare Medicaid expansion is killed and how deeply the long-term Medicaid cap would bite.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 22 June 2017
• There’s very little Congress can do that people take more personally than monkeying around with healthcare.
  — Cathleen Decker, latimes.com, 5 May 2017
• Back in 2017, Knibbs recounted accusations of monkeying with the star system, of rigged contests (and changed prizes), and of moderators scrubbing any unflattering comments about Renner.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019
• Many generations of monkeying around ensued, aided by the relative lack of natural predators (other than alligators, which often eat young, naïve primates on the riverbanks).
  — Tamara Lush, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2017
• Why do thriving sports feel the need to monkey around with their product?
  — George Vecsey, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2017
• To make matters more confusing, Apple monkeyed around with the names of the new stuff.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2019
• Wayne Newton‘s pet likely won’t be monkeying around any longer.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• Last year our smokestacks and tailpipes puffed out more than 60 trillion pounds of the greenhouse gas, monkeying with the planet’s climate and acidifying the oceans.
  — NBC News, 1 Nov. 2017
• But there’s no stopping the construction now, so signing Kaepernick would not monkey-wrench the stadium.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018
• Vieux Carre home owners and hoteliers have traditionally applied grease to the poles to prevent such monkeying around.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Again, negotiators might monkey around a bit with the formula for how rapidly the Obamacare Medicaid expansion is killed and how deeply the long-term Medicaid cap would bite.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 22 June 2017
• There’s very little Congress can do that people take more personally than monkeying around with healthcare.
  — Cathleen Decker, latimes.com, 5 May 2017
• Back in 2017, Knibbs recounted accusations of monkeying with the star system, of rigged contests (and changed prizes), and of moderators scrubbing any unflattering comments about Renner.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2019
• Many generations of monkeying around ensued, aided by the relative lack of natural predators (other than alligators, which often eat young, naïve primates on the riverbanks).
  — Tamara Lush, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024