How to Use zoo in a Sentence

zoo

noun

• The supermarket was a real zoo on the night before the storm.
• The sixth grade classroom was a zoo after recess.
• When the zoo opened in 1912, the pens were state-of-the-art.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• The clever little cub chose the right place, the zoo said.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2024
• Still, the zoo said there is much more work to be done.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• The species can live to be as old as 23 years old, says the zoo.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
• These are the first pandas to come to a U.S. zoo in 21 years.
  — Elise Preston, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2024
• Pin was at least 35 years old and had been at the zoo for 33 years.
  — Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2023
• Shera and three of her offspring stayed at the D.C. zoo.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
• The zoo is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (though guests can stay until 6 p.m.).
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2023
• Fans can vote once a day on the zoo's Name the Tiger Cub website.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2024
• Then the chicks will be ready to live with the colony and make their zoo debut in the habitat.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 15 May 2024
• The owl had come to the zoo as a fledgling 13 years earlier.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2024
• The zoo shared the news of Zenzele's pregnancy last month.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024
• State of play: The zoo's youngest lizards are being raised behind the scenes for now.
  — Adam Tamburin, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
• The southern white rhinoceros is the first to be born at the zoo.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
• These tiny cubs were born June 17 to first-time mom Ginger, 3, and 7-year-old Ravi, the zoo said.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2024
• Both birds hatched in 1991 and arrived at the zoo the following year.
  — Emma Bowman, NPR, 8 Sep. 2024
• There are now 71 François’ langurs in zoos across the United States.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024
• The master plan contract would cover the zoo and all parts of the park, with the exception of the golf course.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
• The zoo has that water tower with the wrap around it that is so iconic.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
• Reilly said Rich took boatloads of kids fishing, to the zoo and to the ballpark.
  — Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
• The birds were all hatched in captivity and have been fed and cared for by zoo staff.
  — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• What should people know about the zoo's pygmy slow lorises?
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023
• There was no breach, and no workers were inside the core habitat, the zoo said.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
• Roth doesn't go into specifics on how the zoo gets samples.
  — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
• The cubs spend time with their mother and aunt behind the scenes, adjusting to life at the zoo.
  — The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
• For the elephants at the Oakland zoo, leftover Christmas trees were the treat.
  — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022
• Her mother couldn’t take time off to go to the zoo with her, Kimberly said.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• The year 1964, when human zoos fell out of fashion in Switzerland, might sound like a lifetime ago.
  — Percy Zvomuya, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024