sables

plural of sable

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sables
Noun
  • Last week, Bieber stopped for coffee wearing a faux mink coat from Ralph Lauren’s fall 1995 collection.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The women start to squirm when Silky Johnson (Dave Chappelle) comes out in a mink coat holding a golden goblet.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • To see even more wild locals, cruise the Dora Canal, a verdant passage bordered by cypress trees and home to otters, herons, wood ducks, egrets, and more.
    Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The aquarium was cited in January for cramped and unsanitary conditions in enclosures for otters, porcupines and other animals.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
  • With their larger competitors out of the way, the smaller, less numerous martens had some breathing room.
    Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024
Noun
  • At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, disconnection reigns and rabbits rule.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Educating them on local folklore, as well as his affinity for rabbit hunting, the peculiar kid soon takes a shining to the couple.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Imagine a pale roly-poly the size of a muskrat wandering the seafloor.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Their diet includes muskrats, a primary predator of freshwater mussels, which are now confirmed to carry radium.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Bibs are aerodynamic, don’t bind in the waist, stay up, and have a chamois to keep your undercarriage from getting chafed.
    Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 31 May 2021
  • These subtly slim joggers are the perfect swap for my chamois on the drive back home—soft, stretchy, and stink-resistant, thanks to their 85 percent merino wool construction.
    Lily Ritter, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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