How to Use omnivorous in a Sentence

omnivorous

adjective

• She is an omnivorous reader.
• But this time when the omnivorous 10-piece band hits D.C.’s Union Stage, those rounds will cover a lot more ground.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
• The most omnivorous of our woodpeckers seem to be the red-bellied.
  — Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• These bears are found along the coast of Alaska and Canada and are omnivorous like their inland cousins.
  — Hampton Bourne, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
• Scat ranges from black to reddish, a function of their omnivorous ways.
  — Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
• Part of that, of course, was thanks to the local musicians who tapped into the city’s omnivorous taste in music.
  — Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2017
• Both are omnivorous, eating just about anything that moves and some things that don't.
  — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
• In this case, Nimit said, an omnivorous 82-pound alpha male baboon made a meal out of a young gazelle.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 May 2020
• The omnivorous tegu lizards have been known to eat alligator and bird eggs.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2018
• Having more copies of this gene has allowed dogs to eat a more omnivorous diet.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
• The other is the fall armyworm, which is even more omnivorous and a rapidly growing problem in Africa.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 30 Jan. 2020
• The city is a hub for fishing and hunting, and for tourists who’ve come to see one of the world’s largest land carnivores, the omnivorous brown bears that roam the archipelago.
  — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
• Bat stars are omnivorous and frequently feed on carcasses that fall to the ocean floor.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
• Wrapped up in three soft flour tortillas featuring crunchy, spicy, sweet and savory in all the right places the tacos would be at home on almost any omnivorous menu.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2019
• Both are omnivorous bottom feeders that can grow to large sizes.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 9 Aug. 2023
• Those scraps are easier to catch than anything else the omnivorous mammals are likely to get their paws on.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2021
• At least one shark species is omnivorous—and probably more.
  — Joanna Klein, National Geographic, 28 July 2020
• The only other candidates were the large, meat-eating or omnivorous mammals of the site.
  — Brian Switek, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2010
• The animals are omnivorous, eating a mixed diet of plants, berries, fish, and small mammals.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• The omnivorous crustaceans graze on phytoplankton in open water, and some larger adults crawl along the sea floor.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 12 June 2018
• Only one shark species is known to be omnivorous (eats plants and animals: the bonnethead shark.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2022
• Bullheads are omnivorous bottom feeders that do most of their eating at night, which is also when most folks fish for them.
  — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023
• In the omnivorous version, lamb, beef and turkey salamis are neatly layered, making the cross-section look like a meaty gypsum brick.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 2021
• Gabler, an omnivorous reader, is perhaps the leading champion of the book-to-film pipeline.
  — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
• During most of the year, these omnivorous wasps will look for prey in the form of other insects, especially caterpillars, grubs, and flies.
  — Dan Nosowitz, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Nov. 2022
• These omnivorous wasps will, during most of the year, look for prey in the form of other insects, especially caterpillars, grubs, and flies.
  — Dan Nosowitz, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2020
• The omnivorous animals eat everything from bird seed to rodents, berries to garbage, and sometimes free-roaming cats and dogs, CPW says.
  — Jesse Paul, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
• Gabler, an omnivorous reader, is perhaps the leading champion of the book-to-film pipeline and helped establish it decades ago.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
• The crayfish vary in length between 2 and 5 inches, and are omnivorous, feeding on aquatic plants, snails, insects, fish and amphibian eggs and young.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2022
• Some modern carnivores, like bears, dogs and wolverines, have back teeth that can shear and crush so those animals can be a little more omnivorous.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024