How to Use zoology in a Sentence

zoology

noun
  • The youth had joined the Brilliant Boys Book Club, and talked to him about zoology.
    Washington Post, 1 June 2021
  • In March that year, Platt’s zoology class hosted a dinner, with Jim as the guest of honor.
    Jayson Jenks, The Seattle Times, 19 July 2017
  • These run the gamut from essays on archery to novels about zoology.
    Will Schwalbe, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Filmmaker Cooke, who has a background in zoology, sifts through some of the most egregious myths about the animal kingdom and sets the record straight.
    Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 1 May 2018
  • Shari Hayat, also known as Shari Baloch, was a 31-year-old with a master’s degree in zoology.
    Saeed Shah, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The children will learn how each animal wound up at Zoology.
    Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 5 June 2017
  • My mom was a college professor in zoology and my role model.
    Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2019
  • Sandy Tweed, who earned a degree in zoology at the University of Washington, captures wildlife with acrylic paints.
    oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The 23-week course includes weekly zoology lectures and behind-the-scenes visits to the animal exhibits.
    Sharon Boorstin, latimes.com, 4 July 2019
  • Such as the Life Science II building, where the armadillo is being studied intently, in the zoology department on the third floor.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2022
  • Morris is a specialist in zoology and primates, and a best-selling author.
    National Geographic, 29 May 2016
  • After her first year at Radcliffe, Sears dove headlong into the sciences, taking four botany courses and four zoology courses as well as Greek and German.
    Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • Hall returned to Manitoba as a pre-med student and earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry and zoology in 1946.
    Tribune News Service, NOLA.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Beattie had a love for animals — his college minor was in zoology — and was hired to be the Cincinnati Zoo’s marketing director.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But despite their shared interest in zoology and animal husbandry, the brothers’ paths diverged greatly as the Nazis rose to power.
    Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Accordingly, the award allowed him to set up shop at CAS’s genetics institute, which was next door to the zoology institute.
    Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Benson earned her bachelor’s degree in zoology from SUU in 1994.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 July 2022
  • For over 50 years, Cunningham kept developing the potential of this study of zoology.
    Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Staszewski plans to graduate in May 2020 and transfer to Colorado State University to study zoology.
    C.r. Walker, Daily Southtown, 4 June 2019
  • From astronomy to zoology, learn how research and discovery are changing our understanding of the world and shaping our lives.
    Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Oswalt, a zoology student at Columbus State Community College, went through five rounds of bracket-style voting online to nab the title.
    Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The national spelling bee has been held for almost 100 years, and for decades, its organizers have steadily made the words more difficult, veering into the realms of medicine, art, zoology and antiquity.
    New York Times, 9 July 2021
  • Eric Warrant, a professor of zoology at the University of Lund in Sweden.
    Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Treinen, who earned a degree in zoology at UW and graduated from the veterinary school in 1993, has taken her kids to the geology museum on campus and totally got the trilobite idea.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Add flying snakes to the ever-growing list of insects and reptiles getting their time in the spotlight during a year in which people are probably looking into online zoology courses.
    Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 2 July 2020
  • Years later, with a zoology degree from Oxford University, McClaren came back to mice.
    Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021
  • An artistic and imaginative child, Barlow expressed an interest in zoology before enrolling at the Chelsea College of Arts in 1960.
    Natalia Rachlin, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
  • They’re known to have an aggressive form of communication, described as barks, according to Josh Pultorak, who studied them during his Ph. D. work in zoology.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022
  • In 1953, she and her husband, Seymour Abrahamson, a zoology student, were newly married.
    Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 May 2018
  • Riley plans to go to Milwaukee Area Technical College in the fall, with ultimate plans to study zoology or marine biology.
    Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2021

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