How to Use chipmunk in a Sentence

chipmunk

noun
  • The chipmunk has climbed up onto a stone to get the treat.
    Denise Coffey, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • At the time, there was a resident chipmunk in the same part of the yard.
    Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Birds, chipmunks, squirrels, lizards and more will all be safer around the pool thanks to the FrogLog.
    Lindsey Murray, Good Housekeeping, 23 June 2017
  • This is the first time a chipmunk has taken top honors.
    Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The girls who felt threatened by my drive said my voice sounded like a chipmunk.
    Kristin Koch, Seventeen, 23 Sep. 2015
  • The females most often feed on the blood of the eastern chipmunk, the gray squirrel and fox squirrel.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2019
  • The list of the turtles’ predators is long, from raccoons, to skunks, crows, chipmunks and foxes.
    Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 30 May 2018
  • Police said the bullet shot by the 8-year-old ricocheted after killing a chipmunk and hit the man in the head.
    Frank Miles, Fox News, 29 June 2021
  • Keep in Mind: There’s no way to keep squirrels or chipmunks away from this feeder.
    Kristen (kj) Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Huffman, on the other hand, has always looked more or less the same: bright-blue eyes, chipmunk teeth, and a thatch of blond hair.
    Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Chip and Dale, once as close as two chipmunk brothers can be, are now estranged.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
  • Police said a bullet shot by the 8-year-old ricocheted after killing a chipmunk and hit the man in the head.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 29 June 2021
  • The White Footed Mouse and chipmunks are the biggest carrier of deer ticks, the main culprit.
    Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 9 Aug. 2017
  • In the viral clip, Bad Bunny and a woman, thought to be The Kardashians star came across a chipmunk.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • In the book, the tale follows a family of chipmunks and a family of squirrels.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
  • One method uses a small box that attracts mammals such as mice and chipmunks with bait.
    Melissa Banigan, Washington Post, 18 June 2017
  • Squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, skunks, deer, many species of birds and more all breed and raise their young weeks prior to the solstice.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2018
  • The girls spotted chipmunks and a bald eagle flying high above a nearby lake.
    Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Keyes uses Google Flights, which can perform even more tricks than the chipmunk ever could.
    Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Rodents: Mice, rats, shrews, chipmunks, and squirrels will eat most of the ticks that latch onto them and, in some cases, hunt them down.
    Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Further along the paths, under the canopy of the trees, birds and chipmunks hop and scurry in the grass as children yell playfully from boats in the harbor.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2018
  • Wait too long and mice and chipmunks will gnaw on shed antlers to extract the calcium and phosphorous.
    Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The actress then joked that her 14-year-old face looked like that of a potato and a chipmunk rolled into one before Colbert played the tape.
    Morgan M. Evans, Fox News, 25 May 2018
  • Kara no longer resembles a chipmunk whose cheeks are stuffed with nuts and seeds, and her blood pressure is back to normal.
    Claire Panosian Dunavan, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2014
  • Typically, there will be a few chipmunks per acre of ground.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In front of his window were dark trees and chipmunks, which had something consoling about them.
    Werner Herzog, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • There were dark trees and chipmunks, which have something consoling about them.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • These aren't small holes like those created by chipmunks or crayfish or ground-dwelling bees.
    Sallie Lee, AL.com, 8 May 2017
  • In one video the artist shared, a woman whose voice resembles Jenner’s can be heard off-screen, gushing about a chipmunk.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 28 Aug. 2023
  • She is obsessed with country vinyl records, gardening, chipmunks and birds at her home in Maine.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 10 Mar. 2023

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