How to Use opossum in a Sentence

opossum

noun

• Cows, pigs, sheep, and even opossum were the most common.
  — Adrian Miller, Fortune, 3 July 2020
• White is not the first woman to wrangle an opossum out of a bar.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
• An opossum is the size of a house cat, is nocturnal and lives in the forest.
  — Heloise, Washington Post, 22 June 2019
• The opossum, who is less than a year old, weighs two pounds and still has her baby teeth.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 12 Jan. 2020
• According to the post, the opossum became stuck in a drain.
  — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 7 Aug. 2017
• Scientists think the python that snagged the opossum must have been about 16 feet long.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2023
• Meet Lavender the opossum and other creatures of the night.
  — courant.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• An opossum was called on to make the prediction last year.
  — al, 2 Feb. 2020
• Weighing in at less than 2 ounces, this small opossum has been around since dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022
• Here is some of what ensues: Heist keeps an opossum with a UTI in his desk drawer.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 27 Nov. 2018
• Tires don’t shriek when somebody brakes to avoid an opossum transfixed by headlights in the middle of the road.
  — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• Despite the attack, the opossum has been friendly to those caring for her.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 12 Jan. 2020
• One opossum found out the hard way that marsupials and dance halls don't mix.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
• Humans love pigs and goats, but opossums may have a bit of an image problem.
  — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 2 July 2017
• The opossum gives birth to as many as 20 babies, initially about the size of a honeybee.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2021
• Baby opossums will stay with the mom until they are weaned after about four months.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 29 Mar. 2024
• In another legend, an opossum steals mezcal from a gang of demons and gifts it to mankind.
  — Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• The Mexican subspecies of the Virginia opossum has appeared eight times in front of the cameras during the study over the past year.
  — AZCentral.com, 15 Apr. 2021
• This 3-4 month old hairless opossum was found in SW Lubbock.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2020
• Gonzalez says the opossum may have brought the fleas, but that’s unconfirmed.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2019
• Opossums are low to the ground, so the first-ever Walkin' Wheels opossum wheelchair had to take that into account.
  — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• Wexler flagged rooms of note — including the room where the Beales stayed after the rest of the house was overcome by trash, cats, fleas, raccoons, and — wait, there’s more — opossums.
  — Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 20 Nov. 2017
• The Central American woolly opossum and the kinkajou, too, were a bit blasé.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022
• This type of opossum is mostly found farther south in Mexico, and the border lies near the limit of its range.
  — AZCentral.com, 15 Apr. 2021
• The naming contest for the new opossum runs until 5 p.m. Monday.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2024
• In prior studies, a researcher had even trapped an opossum with S. fungiforme pollen on its nose.
  — David Shultz, Science | AAAS, 12 Feb. 2020
• Returning from a call on Possum Hollow Road in Slidell, a crew of firefighters came across - what else? - a dead opossum in the road.
  — Robert Rhoden, NOLA.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• A chance finding at a Brazilian museum has revealed a brand-new species of opossum.
  — Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 23 Feb. 2017
• Officials said the pair were also found to be in possession of items to aid in theft and several wild opossums.
  — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
• Trapping is not always effective, as new opossums often move in as soon as the first opossum is removed.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024