How to Use critter in a Sentence

critter

noun

• The woods are filled with skunks, raccoons, and other critters.
• And any microbes and critters the ships picked up near the equator would be dumped, too.
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2019
• That's definitely not where the critter was supposed to be.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2019
• Spoiler alert: the cute critters include a bat, black jaguar, octopus, snowy owl, tarantula, and gray wolf.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019
• While called a worm, the four-inch critter is actually the caterpillar of the emperor moth.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 25 Oct. 2019
• Bluegills over 11 inches have come to hand and the ever present toothy critters (pike and pickerel) always seem to be around.
  — Jim Gronaw, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Oct. 2019
• For those facing the choice of whether to dress their critters up, a common refrain is that the decision belongs to the pets themselves.
  — Don Babwin, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2019
• The frontman even picked it up at one point, acting like a 10-year-old on a playground who found the nastiest critter on the block.
  — Taylor Weatherby, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2019
• The bell passively captures critters floating by, trapping them inside by cinching closed like a gelatinous trash bag.
  — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2019
• Her only remaining hope is a job babysitting the kids of a board member at the school, but an alien ship full of hungry critters has crash-landed nearby.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• And of course there’s some risk from the critters that share the backcountry, snakes in particular across the South and West in warm weather.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 27 Oct. 2019
• The event will begin with crafts at 6:30 p.m. and continue with a presentation about local critters.
  — Glendale News-Press, 22 Oct. 2019
• With that in mind, AL.com is asking pet lovers throughout Alabama to send us photos of your beloved critters in costume.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 11 Oct. 2019
• Although many people have never seen a skunk in the wild or even smelled one, the critters are readily recognizable to most followers of cartoons and comic strips.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2019
• Like nearly everything in nature, every critter is connected to another.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 12 Oct. 2019
• Preexisting conditions for critters can be just as troublesome from an insurance point of view as preexisting conditions for people.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
• Moths are one of the worst critters to have in your home.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
• Here a group of researchers walked up and down the trails on the hunt for critters of the night.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
• But most of the time moose are shy and elusive critters.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 10 Aug. 2023
• Whatever the reason the ferret left, the goal was to get the critter back on the ranch.
  — Tracy Harmon, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2021
• One brush by a critter and the pod bursts open to scatter its seeds.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• The first step to get rid of ants (or any critter for that matter) is to deep clean your home.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
• The critters’ soft bodies can’t withstand the impact of the spray.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
• This goes for cats or any critter that needs to be taken care of.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2021
• If the culprit is a weevil, go ahead and breathe a sigh of relief—and maybe even check the critter out.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 July 2022
• Dozens of dogs, cats and small critters found new homes today.
  — CNN, 23 Nov. 2019
• The coastal critter was dubbed the sheepshead fish for the way its mouth resembles the muzzle of a sheep, the BBC reports.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2021
• The only critter that would consume the entire root of a carrot and not the top is a vole.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2021
• Talking Kids Microscope $34 Amazon This talking microscope comes with 60 full-color slides of seeds, critters, and more.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2024
• If small critters like voles and mice are problematic in your garden, take steps to protect tender hosta stems and crowns, which can become a cold-weather buffet for these animals.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024