How to Use poo in a Sentence

poo

noun
  • Still looking like dog poo since Cameron Wake went out the door.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Sep. 2020
  • So the drones could be programmed to distinguish a dog poo from, say, a rock?
    Jeremy White, Wired, 31 May 2021
  • The gorilla in the room is the Fed, which seems inclined to throw poo at us (or take the punch bowl away, as the saying goes).
    Michael Lynch, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Little black parcels of poo swinging gently in the breeze.
    Jeremy White, Wired, 31 May 2021
  • Ragone then texted a poo emoji to further convey his thoughts about the PAC’s poll.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022
  • The rest of the day, the guilt over potentially tasting my poo consumed me.
    Rachel Bloom, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The poo talk will be led by George Frandsen, owner of the Poozeum collection.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Also in the home is Ainslie, the couple’s 15-year-old Lhasa poo, and Fredo, their 8-year-old Bolognese.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Like eating a literal sausage made out of poo in France with Meryl Streep.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2021
  • With tasty treats and supplies like poo bags and apparel, keep your pup stocked up with this monthly box.
    Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2022
  • High on a northern Patagonian cliffside sits a pile of poo with a view.
    Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 2 May 2023
  • The researchers found the hives with the most poo spots effectively warded off the Asian hornet (Vespa soror).
    Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2020
  • An average adult produces about a pound of poo a day, so a 500-ton pile of feces is a mind-boggling image.
    Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The Gallery Apartments said their program has come in handy at nabbing dog poo offenders.
    Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2021
  • As if that wasn’t off-putting enough, an opossum also excretes a foul-smelling runny poo to further ward off any threats.
    René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 4 Aug. 2020
  • The find highlights the important role poo plays in keeping other forms of life plugging along on the frigid continent.
    Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2019
  • Baez, Lindor and Kevin Pillar, who all poo-poo'd the audience, apologized for the gestures.
    Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Plus, a huge infestation may result in a lot of, well, caterpillar poo, on decks and patios.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 6 July 2021
  • But Chris Norris wonders: Is there anywhere left to go after talking poo?
    Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Period poo is one of those things no one talks about much, but so many people experience.
    Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 9 Mar. 2021
  • It's been a wonderful, bleary-eyed week full of love and kindness and extraordinary poo.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022
  • But the shape, size, consistency, smell, frequency, and color of our poo varies widely from person to person.
    Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 20 May 2021
  • So instead, a brooding penguin will hunker down, point its rear end away from the nest, lift its tail, and let fly a projectile of poo—thereby ensuring both the safety of the eggs and the cleanliness of the nest.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 July 2020
  • In Grand Junction, Colorado, residents’ poo works harder than most.
    Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2018
  • Did this mean the boxes in Trump’s bathroom were potentially covered in poo particles?
    Geraldine Deruiter, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • There is a small amount of rude humor, which includes a dog urinating, some mentions of unicorn poo and a running joke with adult male characters in their underwear.
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Sometimes, doctors offer poo-rich enemas to seed the digestive tract with new microbes.
    Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Fortunately for Russia, Rogozin is probably just throwing poo against the wall.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Clostridium difficule, scourge of elderly intestines, bringer of fecal transplants, smells like horse poo?
    Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2012
  • The inaugural list – compiled by public relations poo-bah Colette Phillips — aims to highlight how many Asian Americans play prominent roles in the region.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2023

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