How to Use gecko in a Sentence

gecko

noun

• But this year will be warmer, thanks to their new pet gecko.
  — Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2022
• There is still a lot of work to make the gecko technique foolproof.
  — Jeanne Scott-Monck, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2017
• In the world of reptiles, the dwarf gecko is both the smallest lizard and the smallest reptile.
  — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2023
• The fish-scale gecko has a freaky way of eluding danger.
  — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2017
• Be sure to keep your eyes open for the flying octopus and gecko.
  — Jen Banowetz, Naperville Sun, 24 May 2018
• Ever heard of a Barbary macaque or turquoise dwarf gecko?
  — National Geographic, 23 Sep. 2016
• In this video, a tokay gecko and a golden tree snake are tangled up over a grate in Thailand.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2017
• So far, Luc’s bent-toed gecko has only been found at one site in Lao Cai Province, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
• In 2008, for example, his team developed a sticky tape based on the feet of a gecko.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2012
• Pull a foot in one direction and the gecko toes will grab onto a surface.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 May 2020
• Those species include the Indian star tortoise and the tokay gecko.
  — National Geographic, 30 Aug. 2019
• Here a gecko, there a tropical hut, here a calla lily, there an angel.
  — Susan Christian Goulding, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2017
• As the snake struck, injecting its venom, the gecko turned and clamped onto the snake’s upper jaw.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• The gecko was directly above him, dull and textured like a pebble.
  — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
• The prevalence of the third species, a pygmy gecko that looks like a yellow rubber fishing lure, does not appear to have changed much.
  — Geoffrey Giller, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2018
• Geico's gecko debuted a few months before the start of the Aflac (AFL) ad campaign.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 4 Feb. 2020
• The family has four dogs, two cats, a gecko, a bird, a tortoise and several fish.
  — Sarah E. Needleman and Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
• Somewhere in the highlands of Afghanistan, a hungry fox pounces on a tasty-looking leopard gecko.
  — Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2017
• Flo from Progressive and the Geico gecko will be forced to get jobs as extras in Disney movies.
  — Kevin Maney, Newsweek, 18 June 2017
• Now, scientists have announced the discovery of three new geckos to add to the list—and one of them lives on a volcano.
  — Jason G. Goldman, National Geographic, 27 Nov. 2019
• Bobby the leopard gecko can store water and food in his tail, while Chilly the chinchilla has up to 80 hairs in each hair follicle.
  — Sara Cardine, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
• There’s also a sweet-natured leopard gecko that spends most of her day snoozing under a rock.
  — Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• The digital models—such as the one below of the tokay gecko—give the public the chance to examine animals up close.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• Blanco Mendizabal watched for the right moment and snapped this photo when a gecko looked about to be consumed by the cat.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Jan. 2023
• A gecko’s foot is covered in microscopic hairs that lay flat when pressed against a surface.
  — Lindzi Wessel, Science | AAAS, 28 June 2017
• So the tail is indeed essential to stabilize the gecko's high-speed crash landing.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2021
• These are the teams that dream up big-picture concepts, like the Geico gecko or the Energizer bunny.
  — Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
• The leafy gecko opens its mouth, sticking out a blood-red tongue and unleashing a chilling scream that will frighten off the boldest of predators.
  — Holly Barker, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2022
• Plus creativity is elusive, so even if your brand looks a lot like Geico, the gecko idea is a kind of lightning that won’t strike twice.
  — Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
• So engineers are building new kinds of grippers inspired by the bottoms of gecko feet.
  — Lindzi Wessel, Science | AAAS, 28 June 2017

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2024