How to Use hedgehog in a Sentence

hedgehog

noun

• Or cutting small holes in fences to let hedgehogs roam the city.
  — Stephen Leahy, National Geographic, 19 July 2019
• The fox knows many things, Berlin explains, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2023
• For more on what is being done to save the hedgehog, head over to the Wall Street Journal.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 22 Aug. 2016
• Over the years, the shelter has found homes for ferrets, birds, snakes, a hedgehog, and a pig, as well.
  — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2020
• Olivia Plath is looking for a new home for her pet hedgehog.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• The most novel is from the mid-1950s and appears to be an adorable brass hedgehog figurine.
  — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
• Down the hall from the hedgehog, staff fed trilling birds — no bigger than the palm of a hand — with tweezers and syringes.
  — Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
• But can a film about the blue, spiky hair, sneaker wearing hedgehog avoid the video game curse at the box office?
  — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 14 Feb. 2020
• In parts of 16th-century England, urchin was still the name for a hedgehog.
  — Bernadette Kinlaw, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2021
• But the sweet-tasting nut, released from a small golden hedgehog of a burr, was the real prize.
  — Robert Langellier, National Geographic, 24 June 2019
• Two of the hedgehogs are entirely new species of soft-furred hedgehog.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2023
• Gone from our tables are the roasted hedgehogs of Stone Age Britain and the flamingo tongues of ancient Rome.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 26 July 2023
• The gaudy purple of the hedgehogs; the yellow, orange and peach of the prickly pears; and finally the ivory cream of the saguaros add their own touch of drama.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
• Staff there said the hedgehogs had probably been snacking on food left out for pets.
  — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
• And really, can any of us ever get too many hedgehogs in hats?
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
• There are the African sulcata tortoise and the bearded dragon, the chinchillas and the rabbits and the hedgehog; the horse and the heifers, the chickens and ducks, and the mama goats about to kid.
  — Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2020
• Once you’re done, the bionic hedgehog responds to sound commands.
  — Time For Kids, Time, 22 Nov. 2019
• To top it all off, even seemingly harmless hedgehogs want to steal your eggs.
  — Sarah Sekula, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2018
• The echidna — an egg-laying mammal that looks like a hedgehog with a long snout — has no nipples at all.
  — Elizabeth Preston, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
• The founder in whom the V.C. invests is a hedgehog: risk-ignorant, stubborn, drawn to order.
  — Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
• But, that year, worms popped up in hedgehogs on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 Sep. 2023
• The hedgehog will be held at the Idaho Humane Society as a stray for five days and put up for adoption.
  — Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 28 Apr. 2017
• The hedgehog's quills are a dark brown shade closer to the animal's body before lightening at the edges.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• The truck had muddy wheels, and its owner, a hedgehog of a man, short, hairy, stooped, had to shimmy down onto a step bar to reach pavement.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 22 May 2017
• Webster traced the legend back to Europe, where hedgehogs and badgers often stir this time of year.
  — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 27 Jan. 2018
• Recommended for kids aged 18 months and up, the toy is also a cinch to clean up since all the quills pack up neatly inside the hedgehog’s body.
  — Christine Luff, Parents, 27 Feb. 2024
• Step 3Before serving, press rows of sliced almonds on cheese balls to resemble a hedgehog.
  — Joy Cho, Woman's Day, 15 Dec. 2022
• Isiah Berlin drew upon the ancient Greek poet Archilochus to remind us that the fox is clever at many things, but the hedgehog holds on to a single idea.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
• Many people brought pets to the station, including a hedgehog.
  — New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• The titular blue hedgehog looked so heinous in early previews that the studio completely changed the look of him.
  — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 31 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024