How to Use chimpanzee in a Sentence

chimpanzee

noun

• Patty, the matriarch of the Kansas City Zoo's chimpanzee troupe, has died.
  — David Frese, kansascity, 13 Apr. 2018
• The authors report that the same process has been shown to effectively re-create the structure of a bonobo brain by morphing a chimpanzee brain, and vice versa.
  — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• From chimpanzees and gorillas to elephants and lions, the zoo gives visitors the chance to discover countless animals from around the world.
  — Houston Chronicle, 10 May 2018
• In addition to three species of orangutan, the other living species of great ape are western and eastern gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and, of course, humans.
  — Sean Greene, latimes.com, 23 May 2018
• Jane Goodall, the primatologist and authority on chimpanzees, hailed his amendment.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• The population of a central chimpanzee sub-species was also found to be 10-80% higher than previously thought.
  — Casey Quackenbush, Time, 26 Apr. 2018
• Ebola virus disease, which most commonly affects people and nonhuman primates such as monkeys, gorillas and chimpanzees, is caused by one of five Ebola viruses.
  — Meera Senthilingam, CNN, 11 May 2018
• Steven Wise, an attorney for the group, Nonhuman Rights Project, has argued in state courts that elephants and chimpanzees should have the same legal rights as people.
  — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2018
• In addition to fruit bats, other animals that have been known to become infected with the virus are chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, forest antelope and porcupines.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 25 May 2018
• The chimpanzee is grieving the death of a loved one in her own way.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
• For the past decade, the focus has been on chimpanzees.
  — David Grimm, Science | AAAS, 5 Dec. 2019
• The question that Woodruff and Premack asked was whether a chimpanzee could do the same.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
• When a chimpanzee walks on two legs, the wide set of its hips keeps its legs held apart.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2021
• That’s because the fossil showed a skull more akin to a chimpanzee.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 July 2022
• If so, then why does a bloody chimpanzee named Gordy still haunt my dreams?
  — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• Worse than the chimpanzee who bit his owner’s face off.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• But Lucy stood on two feet and had a small brain, not much larger than that of a chimpanzee.
  — Denise Su, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2024
• Like Akira, the best dancer in the chimpanzee study, his brain seems wired for music.
  — Susan Pinker, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2020
• Montessa, a 46-year-old chimpanzee, has been through a lot.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
• First, one of the characters, a chimpanzee named Dave, is deaf.
  — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• Or a crow, a dog, a chimpanzee, an octopus, or any of the other smart ones.
  — Adam Morganstern, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2023
• To me, this suggests that chimpanzees are aware of how their signals come across.
  — Frans De Waal, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2019
• Dozens of chimpanzees emerged from the brush, hairy arms extended.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
• The fight left a second chimpanzee, named Qafzeh, with injuries.
  — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
• The United States launched a chimpanzee named Ham into space.
  — National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• But not just any chimpanzee; inside the crate is an adorable baby Pogo.
  — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• The zoo is planning to add polar bears and chimpanzees in those habitats.
  — oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2020
• There just isn’t any need for a movie about a baseball-playing chimpanzee.
  — Matt Caputo, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2022
• Jane Goodall is one of the world’s most renowned conservationists and foremost experts on chimpanzees.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2024
• Treks usually last two to four hours with the Uganda Wildlife Authority, depending on where and when the chimpanzees are found.
  — Kate Lewis, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024