How to Use reptile in a Sentence

reptile

1 of 2 noun

• He called the governor's top aide a reptile.
• The Night of the Iguana, like the reptile in its name, needs a little heat to get moving.
  — Vulture, 17 Dec. 2023
• For their costars, the whole snake fight was hard to watch, even though most of it involved a fake reptile.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2022
• But at the time Fred moved to Ross Bridge, the development did not ban the reptiles.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 5 July 2023
• Undeterred, Smoak kept coming by the store to ask about the reptile and was able to talk the price down.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
• The reptiles are considered the heaviest snakes in the world.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
• For centuries those creepy reptiles have made their mark in the fashion world.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
• Rhett and Taylor believe the reptile may have been a pet that escaped or was abandoned in the wild.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
• It was received by a Phoenix area reptile breeder from Jones.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• The striped reptiles live along dry creek beds in the shrublands and grasslands of southeastern Colorado.
  — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
• The fossil of the early reptile includes part of its skin arranged in 24 bands behind its skull.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
• The center explained that the tortoise is a hatchling, meaning the reptile is under a year old.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
• The description [of Xerxes] was nine feet tall, the voice of a thunder and hairless, like a reptile or something.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2023
• The girl courageously bends down, grabs hold of the snake's tail, and, to save her guinea pig, begins whirling the reptile in a circle in an attempt to get the snake to drop her pet.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2024
• Matthew Lawrence's reptiles are giving a new name to western fashion.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
• Matt Harvill and his girlfriend spotted the large reptile inches from Dauphin Island, Harvill said.
  — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 11 May 2023
• There's options for dogs and cats, but also small pets like bunnies and guinea pigs, fish, reptiles, pet birds and wild birds, and chickens.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
• The seller paid a $1,600 fine for possessing a reptile without a permit.
  — Michael Casey, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2022
• People in this region grill, roast, stew, and smoke a variety of wild mammals, birds, and reptiles.
  — Theodore Trefon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• Scientists haven’t learned all the answers to why most mammals haven’t evolved to resist aging the way that some reptiles and fish do.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
• Video footage shared by the sheriff's office shows Van Pelt removing the snake from the engine and holding it up as the reptile wiggles its tail.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
• The area’s remote surroundings give the reptile a better chance for survival.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
• The reptiles have an orange-brown coloring with darker brown-black stripes.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
• The gopher tortoise is Georgia’s official state reptile and is found across much of its coastal plain.
  — Drew Kann, ajc, 18 Sep. 2023
• During a stroll through the park, lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of a gopher tortoise, a keystone species that serves as the state reptile of Georgia.
  — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
• On Tuesday, Skansen Aquarium shared that staff members are still looking for the snake, but the zoo is confident that the reptile will be found.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2022
• Cin City Reptile Show Share your love of scaly companions at the area's premier monthly reptile show.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2024
• And that didn’t just mean dinosaurs; other reptiles and early birds went extinct, too.
  — Flora Lichtman, Scientific American, 31 May 2023
• Trouble is, the only way out of the classroom for Leo and reptile pal Squirtle (Bill Burr) is via student volunteers.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
• Researchers unearthed a large cache at the site, including the remains of ancient reptiles, amphibians and synapsids, the precursors to mammals.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024

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reptile

2 of 2 adjective

• The largest reptile egg in the world has been found on Antarctica.
  — Fox News, 18 June 2020
• After it was captured, the snake was taken to the reptile house at the zoo.
  — Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022
• In the joke, the anonymous men with suitcases are reptile traders.
  — Pavel Toropov, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
• The event was a big hit for youngsters who enjoyed pony and train rides, a petting zoo and a reptile show.
  — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2022
• Many people involved in the reptile trade and pet owners have weighed in on the issue.
  — Fox News, 27 Feb. 2021
• More than half of all reptile species live in forested habitats.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2022
• When the fires are extinguished, the reptile reemerges into a world that’s not just scorched but, thanks to the burn, a bit more sanitary to live in.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 July 2021
• The story of Lariosauro started in 1830 when fossils of this ancient reptile creature were found on the shore of the lake.
  — Jim Dobson, Forbes, 16 May 2021
• Each of the new reptile residents took a turn at putting their heads atop Pop, elder statesman of the area at about 70 years old.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2021
• The one badge that gave Hayes' mother pause was reptile and amphibian study.
  — Jeff Truesdell, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
• Some, wearing western shirts with suede tassels and reptile-print boots, lift their chins like kings and queens.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
• The open country is prime hunting ground for hawks that wait atop saguaros, ready to make a meal of any reptile, small mammal or bird that shows itself.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2021
• According to a new study, one-fifth of all reptile species are under threat of extinction.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
• Terri and Steve first met back in 1991, when Terri stopped by a small reptile park in Australia where Steve had been working as a zookeeper at the time.
  — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 21 Nov. 2021
• The freezing weather shocked the area's humane and reptile residents.
  — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 31 Jan. 2022
• Home life for the reptile wrangler’s wife, Alice, and his five children must have been an adventure.
  — Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2021
• The sole outlier was purchased from a reputable reptile breeder, per the authors.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022
• Tickets are $15, and an entry pass gets you access to food, beverages, live music, and a reptile show.
  — Wendy Fox Weber, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2021
• The reptile species, one of the animal icons of the Southern United States, was once hunted to the point of endangerment because of demand for its skin.
  — John Wayne Ferguson, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Apr. 2022
• In addition, few know that Germany is a superpower in the reptile trade.
  — Pavel Toropov, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
• From all the looking at yourself, because Zoom also involved you, the user, in a kind of reptile staredown with your own Zoom image.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2021
• Amphibian and reptile populations are in a free fall across the planet.
  — Daniel Rubinoff, Scientific American, 17 Jan. 2021
• It’s part of the reason the reptile breeder moved from Oshkosh to Waupaca, where restrictions on exotic reptiles aren’t as strict.
  — Rachel Ryan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2021
• Reptile world An exploration of snakes, lizards and their relatives.
  — Jillian S. Jarrett, Washington Post, 26 July 2017
• Scientists have also found something similar in two reptile species and hints of a state like it in zebra fish.
  — Betsy Mason, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2022
• In addition to the thousands of rhinos found within the park, Kaziranga is also a haven for tigers, elephants, and some of India’s largest reptile species as well.
  — Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2022
• And hey, anything is possible — well, maybe not reptile babies.
  — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 28 Aug. 2017
• Jeff Johnson, known to Netflix viewers as the reptile dealer who was featured in Tiger King, has died at 58, according to police.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 22 Nov. 2021
• For him, a flashy reptile leather jacket was worn with a mesh top and jeans, but there was also a dark blue double-breasted suit for more formal business occasions.
  — Colleen Barry, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2022
• In a single day in January 2017, the men transported what seemed like an entire reptile park across the border in a single vehicle.
  — Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2021

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