How to Use menagerie in a Sentence

menagerie

noun

• Would the legislation govern a circus, a menagerie, or a Punch and Judy show?
  — Amy Dru Stanley, Slate Magazine, 21 Dec. 2017
• He’s depicted as a quirky, horny saint whose only real sin was loving women, cake, and a menagerie of pets a little too intensely.
  — Leila Latif, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
• Human passengers have tried to bring a menagerie of emotional support animals onto planes—not just dogs, but also pigs and ducks.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 28 Jan. 2018
• The castle-like gray block walls will be dominated by a menagerie of woodland animals, including squirrels, cats and owls.
  — Lori Weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Vanderpump lost two members of her menagerie last year: Pomeranians Pikachu and Pink Dog.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Her feed is a menagerie of memes, videos of her dancing in front of the camera with a blunt, and press moments from The Florida Project.
  — Emily Sundberg, The Cut, 22 Jan. 2018
• One weathered totem pole after another appears, a towering cedar menagerie of killer whales, ravens, beavers and bears, tilted and vulnerable.
  — Margo Pfeiff, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2018
• Rick was known for his love of animals, not just your conventional dogs and cats (although there were many) but his menagerie of exotic animals, his homes were always filled with plants and animals.
  — courant.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• Amid the menagerie of women Truman Capote surrounded himself with, Joanne Carson was perhaps the oddest.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
• Yet no experiment has glimpsed any of the menagerie of hypothetical particles physicists have speculated might compose it.
  — The Economist, 13 Jan. 2018
• Filled with desolate vistas, a feathered and furred menagerie, and multiple aperture-like windows, these fragments quickly establish a moody tone and over time become dolorous refrains.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2018
• And on top of them was a bustling menagerie of worms, starfish, snails, crabs, shrimp, clams, and corals.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2022
• The menagerie of ancient DNA helps paint a picture of life at some of the sites.
  — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
• Every home has a menagerie of hoists, blocks, hooks, bones.
  — Wyatt Williams, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
• The whole menagerie seemed to be there, from birds to bunnies, lizards to insects.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2019
• To most of us, the photo appears to capture a menagerie of life.
  — Natasha Daly, Animals, 2 Dec. 2020
• Over the years, Biden has amassed a menagerie of trusted counselors.
  — Philip Elliott / Goffstown, Time, 8 Feb. 2020
• One day, my mum added a duckling who couldn’t walk to our menagerie.
  — Longreads, 16 Sep. 2022
• Picasso lived with a menagerie of cats and dogs, and even had a pet mouse.
  — National Geographic, 14 Apr. 2018
• During the Fifth Republic, a menagerie of pets has come and gone at the Elysée palace.
  — The Economist, 18 Mar. 2021
• On most of my air travels, Michael stays home to secure the house and care for my menagerie.
  — Luzanne Otte, Town & Country, 18 May 2019
• Barnes grumpily moved his menagerie to the San Gabriel Valley.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2021
• To enter Blair’s house in a woodsy part of Studio City is to join her menagerie.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021
• The Fort Worth Zoo is adding to a growing menagerie of accolades.
  — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 17 June 2021
• The gallery works as an aesthetic menagerie, which makes sense.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 13 July 2019
• There’s a menagerie of country instruments heard in the show.
  — Deanne Revel, Southern Living, 17 July 2024
• The glass menagerie stood still, like puppies on adoption day.
  — Brennan Kilban, Allure, 15 Sep. 2021
• The sandwich shop is now closed, but the duo remains committed to the idea of menu as menagerie.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
• Then again, so is each one in her menagerie of characters.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
• The My Body author has been pulling out all the stops for this season's menagerie of fashion shows.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024