How to Use prairie dog in a Sentence

prairie dog

noun

• Young prairie dogs emerge from their den for the first time — see it!
  — Fox News, 14 May 2024
• The campground was set in the middle of a prairie dog town.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2020
• Even then, if all the prairie dogs have died, ferrets will starve.
  — Elizabeth Miller, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
• It is carried by rodents, such as rats and prairie dogs, in the wild.
  — Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 9 July 2024
• In my altered state, the prairie dog has come back to half-life and is taunting me.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 29 Sep. 2020
• The youngest was a 3-year-old girl bitten on the finger by her new pet prairie dog.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
• My favorite: a young bear engaged in a whack-a-mole-like game with a flock of prairie dogs.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
• Dittrich said the team was doing warm-ups when the prairie dog was spotted.
  — John Marinelli, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2019
• One of the United States’ four prairie dog species, the Utah prairie dog, is listed as threatened.
  — Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
• The park is home to a wide variety of wildlife, from prairie dogs to wild horses and bison.
  — Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2018
• Cape ground squirrels might remind you of prairie dogs.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
• But for the past few years, these prairie dogs have been getting a big hand from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
  — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 5 Aug. 2019
• Sprawling as this town was, prairie dogs aren't faring well.
  — Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2023
• Ferrets invade prairie dog dens, eat the prairie dogs and move into the burrow.
  — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
• The numbers of grasshopper mice in the grasslands rises and falls over time, a cycle that could spell life or death for the prairie dog.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2010
• An insecticide is being used to kill the fleas that are spreading the disease to the prairie dogs.
  — Emily Caron, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• Do not allow pets to hunt or roam in areas with rodents, such as prairie dog colonies.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
• Do not allow pets to hunt or roam in rodent areas, such as prairie dog colonies.
  — Tara Suter, The Hill, 10 July 2024
• According to a release from the Boston zoo, the seven prairie dog pups were born around March 20.
  — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 13 May 2022
• Deatrich said there have been no human cases related to the prairie dog plague.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
• But make no mistake: These creatures are a prairie dog’s worst nightmare.
  — Lee Powell, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• There are memes depicting the band's lead singer, Trey Anastasio, as a prairie dog.
  — Brian Ries, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
• There are memes depicting the band’s lead singer, Trey Anastasio, as a prairie dog.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
• In the wild, prairie dogs don't wander far from their underground tunnel homes.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 July 2024
• Her favorite animal that she's seen so far are prairie dogs.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2019
• And the prairie dog itself serves as prey for eagles, black footed ferrets and coyotes.
  — Riley Davis, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2022
• But Lowrey said cattle are allowed into prairie dog sites.
  — Joe Duhownik, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2022
• Deer grass plants were replaced in the prairie dog enclosure after the animals dug up and ate the first ones planted.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
• Visitors to this park may be lucky enough to spot bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, bison, and black-footed ferrets.
  — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
• Seventy-two people in six states became infected by pet prairie dogs that had been housed together with rodents imported from Ghana.
  — Byjon Cohen, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024