How to Use koala in a Sentence

koala

noun
  • But the stars of this off-grid spot are surely the koalas.
    Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
  • Smith also got a close look at a snake and talked to a koala.
    Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 19 Jan. 2018
  • For the most part, the study found little use of the plantations by the koalas.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 8 May 2017
  • The brown area shows the range of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus).
    National Geographic, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The best sweatpants feel like wearing a pair of toasty koalas.
    Jason Gay, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
  • Then there’s this dove-gray Tibi coat, a cozy cross between a Gund koala and a bathrobe.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Then a truck came barreling down the road toward the koalas.
    Don Sweeney, sacbee.com, 26 June 2017
  • At 550 acres, the Temecula resort is — holy koala! — more than five times the size of the San Diego Zoo.
    Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The zoo is the only place in the United States where visitors can get close to koalas.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Those koalas found in the plantations chose trees that were closest to those forests.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 8 May 2017
  • The koala later was released in a forest — well away from the freeway.
    Author: Rod McGuirk, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2021
  • See kangaroos and koalas up close at the Wild Life Sydney Zoo.
    Teen Vogue, 25 Mar. 2019
  • The driver of the vehicle didn’t notice the koala and drove off with the animal still attached to the car.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The family got to stand in the koala sanctuary and take photos with them.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • For example, why does a koala live in Australia, but not in the Philippines?
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
  • Loss of habitat has brought many species, including the koala, to the brink of extinction.
    The Economist, 24 Feb. 2018
  • But don’t forget the present that started it all: a stuffed koala with a baby joey and a pair of baby Ugg boots.
    Vogue, 16 Apr. 2019
  • Like koalas becoming lawful and easy-to-adopt household pets in the U.S.
    Amy Odell, Cosmopolitan, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Thirteen people and thousands of koalas have died in wildfires over the past three months.
    The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Be on the lookout for sea lions lolling on the rocks, as well as koalas, wallabies, and a host of shorebirds.
    Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024
  • In the wake of the blazes, animal rescues have been fanning out to try to find any koalas that may have been injured.
    Fox News, 20 Nov. 2019
  • And yes there are now ghost, koala, tiger, and T. rex Animojis.
    Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 25 June 2018
  • To mark their engagement, the couple released a koala back into the wild.
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Wildlife groups have been actively spraying down koalas that are perched in trees.
    National Geographic, 9 Jan. 2018
  • An emu holds lemonade, a koala rides a bike, and a crocodile suns himself.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2018
  • The dogs sniff for koala fur or the marsupial’s feces to locate them.
    Caitlin Yilek, Washington Examiner, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Unlike albino koalas, who sport pink eyes and nose, the pale fuzzball has dark features.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Beyond dog and cat owners, Chavez has heard of pet turtles, rabbits, a pig and even a koala bear sporting the tag.
    Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 25 June 2019
  • In one photo, a baby is dressed in a koala costume, sitting inside a prop made to look like a tree.
    Kyle Almond, CNN, 11 May 2017
  • In Australia, as much as half of the koala population in some areas have been killed by fire.
    Abby Jones, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2020

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