How to Use raccoon in a Sentence

raccoon

noun

• But the foul-mouthed raccoon takes the spotlight for the first time in Vol.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
• When my breath caught, the raccoon stared back in the moonlight.
  — Jennifer Lehman, Star Tribune, 8 Oct. 2020
• Red pandas look a bit like a small fox and are about the size of a raccoon.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
• The one on the left a detailed oil painting of the royal raccoon king.
  — Rachel Metz, CNN, 30 June 2022
• The same concept can work to keep raccoons out of ponds.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2019
• The raccoon, which appeared to be about 10 weeks old, was wrapped in a shirt.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 16 Sep. 2019
• The raccoon left puncture wounds in the other dog’s leg.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2023
• The man hefted the entrapped raccoon into the trunk of his car.
  — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
• When a raccoon high-fives you, its claws graze your palm.
  — Yael Martínez, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022
• Most raccoons in the wild live only two to three years.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 30 Oct. 2019
• And then a raccoon jumps in for a swim and the tension is lifted.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2021
• The researchers soon confirmed the virus in 11 raccoons, two cats and one skunk.
  — Emily Anthes Andres Kudacki, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• But the raccoon lunged forward to keep the fight going.
  — James Lileks, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
• Even on a summer day, the stuff didn't smudge or give me raccoon eyes.
  — Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 18 June 2021
• The raccoon was pinned to the ground crying in pain and bleeding on a sidewalk.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 11 Nov. 2020
• Ukraine’s Defense Ministry posted one of the videos and warned of reprisal for the raccoon theft.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
• Estate tax is kind of putting your hand in a raccoon sack.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Along the way, predators such as seagulls, crabs and raccoons will snatch them off the beach.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2023
• Slowly waddling up the side of a 20-foot fan palm was a plump raccoon.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
• The raccoon did not have any injuries, the fire station said.
  — Rachel Trent, CNN, 12 June 2021
• Some said a raccoon had sneaked into the water tank and died there.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
• The night her dear friend Kathy dies, Beard’s duck house is ravaged by wind and the ducks are killed by a raccoon.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
• The episode, which ran the first year the show aired, features Laura's love of a new pet raccoon, Jasper, and her dog, Jack.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
• Later, Reid shared a photo of a raccoon trap placed on the White House grounds.
  — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2020
• On the wilder side, a raccoon dubbed Burnie was rescued from the Blue Ridge fire near Anaheim.
  — Faith E. Pinho, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2020
• That raccoon was found to have rabies , the statement said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2019
• Cindy Smith was working as a bartender on Sept. 6, when the woman brought the raccoon.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
• The raccoons were still there, and there were holes everywhere.
  — New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• My usual raccoon eyes weren't anywhere in sight by the seventh-inning stretch.
  — Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2024
• On the wall opposite the window in the same bedroom, Maser framed a whimsical art piece of a raccoon in a suit with 16 hardcover books.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024