How to Use guinea in a Sentence

guinea

noun
  • Michelle Brown was one of the guinea pigs in the pilot project.
    Dan Harrie, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Sklett’s guinea pigs were dozens of the world’s best ski jumpers.
    Ben Cohen, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Dogs, turtles and guinea pigs tied for first place with two votes.
    Christina Barron, Washington Post, 15 May 2022
  • Men become then but the guinea-pigs of fate, yielding up from their agony the truths to light the future of the race.
    Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 5 June 2017
  • The medium-sized one that holds 10.14 ounces is a great option for guinea pigs.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 28 June 2021
  • Katie will show Holland Lops, a small breed of rabbits, and Cavy guinea pigs at the fair.
    Margarita Cambest, baltimoresun.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • One of my daughters had some guinea pigs and the other one had a turtle.
    Jay Reeves, Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Speaking of which, what about guinea pigs, mice and rabbits?
    Stella Marie Hombach, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Hamsters and guinea pigs have been listed on sale or even for free.
    Andres Picon, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Their four dogs ran around in a pen while their guinea pigs and rabbits remained in their truck.
    oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2020
  • During the storm, her granddaughter came to stay with her and her three guinea pigs, one dog and five cats.
    Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Cilie, 7, was the real reason Shannon agreed to get guinea pigs.
    Sheila Stroup, NOLA.com, 17 June 2017
  • Small mammals such as guinea pigs, hamsters, rats and mice love their hidey-holes.
    Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 30 June 2017
  • And no, people of color are not being used as guinea pigs.
    Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Any pet is fair game -- dogs, cats, birds, snakes, lizards, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs and more.
    cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Herzog is concerned with how people are the guinea pigs.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Lots of animals can imitate the sound of purring, among them bears and guinea pigs.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Also, Doug wants to create a business that will buy back his guinea pigs.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 13 June 2022
  • The people of Fulton were only too happy to be guinea pigs.
    Benjamin Wofford, Wired, 15 Sep. 2020
  • In Asia this same strain has affected cats, as well as guinea pigs and ferrets, Lukens said.
    Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 1 June 2017
  • There are llamas and alpacas, and people are eating guinea pigs and all kinds of weird legumes.
    National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2016
  • Laid across the table is Eric Lee, a college student who agreed to be her guinea pig.
    Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 8 May 2017
  • The half-off adoption fee applies to rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters and rats.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2021
  • Thousands of rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters come through the city’s six shelters each year.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Not to his divorced parents, not to his two pet guinea pigs, not to his therapist.
    Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post, 29 June 2022
  • Some may argue the players are treated as guinea pigs in this scenario.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The bowties are made from pheasant, guinea, rooster, goose and other fowl feathers.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Hence all of us could be seen as guinea pigs in a massive comparison study.
    Star Tribune, 16 July 2021
  • Like most guinea pigs, also known as a cavy, Peanut is extremely social and tolerates handling well.
    The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The scientists examined animals that lost their full body hair along with others, such as bison, guinea pigs, aardvarks and bears, that have retained full coats of fur.
    Mark Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023

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