How to Use jackal in a Sentence

jackal

noun

• The lion and the bull became friends, and the jackals were promoted to the first rank by the grateful monarch.
  — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
• The little wild dogs of the desert, the jackals, had taken these travelers’ hands and feet.
  — Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 17 July 2019
• And the Egyptian gods included one, Anubis, with the head of a dog or a jackal.
  — John Hooper, WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
• In the premiere pythons survive in Bangkok and Golden jackals thrive in Tel Aviv.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
• For an entire week, those jackals painted the desert green.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• In Tuscany, the sighting of the jackal has been greeted with delight rather than dread.
  — Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2022
• He and his colleagues also checked the genomes of 49 canid species known to live near the plateau, including wolves, dogs and jackals.
  — Emily Underwood, Smithsonian, 24 May 2017
• There are hiking trails all around the beauty spot, and the area is rich in wildlife, including wolves, jackals and bears.
  — Nell Lewis, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
• One looks like a person, another a jackal, a baboon, and a hawk.
  — National Geographic, 16 July 2019
• Without light, the snipers and jackals patrolling the streets disappear.
  — Charles Theel, Ars Technica, 28 Oct. 2017
• Winds batter ridges where seabirds howl like banshees, and jackals stalk baroque canyons of soft crumbling rock.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
• Hyenas chased off the smaller jackals, fighting amongst themselves for the prize.
  — National Geographic, 10 Aug. 2017
• With his health on the decline, jackals are stalking the streets and carving out slices of territory to pick clean.
  — Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 8 July 2017
• Not enough and the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tires will imitate a jackal stuck in quicksand.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 29 Nov. 2021
• In the clip, the honey badger is seen chasing the two jackals away from the python before ultimately coming out on top in the showdown.
  — Fox News, 11 Dec. 2019
• Gazelles, jackals, desert tortoises and songbirds—not seen in the region for years—are returning.
  — Aryn Baker / Mbar Toubab, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
• The collection had been expanded by 1622 to include three eagles, two pumas, a tiger, and a jackal, as well as more lions and leopards.
  — Gabrielle Duncan, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2021
• Three hyenas, a jackal, and two elephants endure a sandstorm on a hot, humid late afternoon while the wind picks up before the squall begins.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2021
• Even so, the lion was never associated strongly with a single deity such as the ibis to Thoth or the jackal to Anubis.
  — Antoaneta Roussi, National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2019
• When a predator, like the jackal or rooikat, gets close to the grazing sheep, the devices send out a noisy alarm, plus flashing lights to irritate them and ultimately drive them away from the livestock.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2020
• Its fauna includes mammals such as Dorcas, gazelles, pale fox, and golden jackals.
  — Alex Treadway, National Geographic, 14 June 2017
• The deepest chamber, nicknamed the Treasury, was guarded by a huge black jackal, representing the god Anubis, with a linen cloak, collar of blue flowers, claws of silver, and ears and eyes of gold.
  — Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2022
• In December 2019, a video went viral after a group of tourists recorded a python, honey badger and two jackals fighting each other while on safari in Africa.
  — Fox News, 28 May 2020
• Predators include mongooses, genets, jackals, domestic dogs and cats, owls, and snakes.
  — National Geographic, 19 Nov. 2019
• The jackal is associated with Anubis, god of death; the falcon with Horus, god of the sky; the hippopotamus with Taweret, goddess of fertility.
  — Nathaniel J. Dominy, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2021
• The croplands surrounding the village were also home to jungle cats—small felines that often stole domestic chickens—as well as jackals and foxes.
  — Vidya Athreya, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2023
• More importantly, with jackal smiles and twitchy foot movements, the performers’ energy seems to clash with their banal backdrops.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2020
• Also known as brush wolves, prairie wolves, and American jackals, coyotes vary in size based on their geographical location.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 17 Sep. 2019
• Eastwood can’t resist adding extra relish; in one shot of the Journal-Constitution newsroom, when Scruggs gets a round of applause from her fellow jackals, the camera lingers and lingers on Wilde’s satanic glee.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• His regiment occasionally found time to hunt on horseback for jackals.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 14 July 2017

Last Updated: 31 Jul 2024