How to Use simian in a Sentence

simian

1 of 2 adjective
  • And the hotel’s corner tower bears its own share of bizarre, simian-like faces sticking out their tongues.
    San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • In the simian market hypothesis, on the other hand, investors’ moods swing—the same way apes swing from trees.
    Jason Zweig, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • With shocking strength, this simian foe sends a tree trunk right through your chopper, before going on to crush, stomp and bellow his way through your friends for the next two hours.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2017
  • With shocking strength, this simian foe sends a tree trunk right through your chopper, before going on to crush, stomp and bellow his way through your friends for the next two hours.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2017
  • In one photo in this very small archive, I'm seen as a toddler in my mother's lap, and look remarkably happy, if rather simian.
    Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 20 July 2011
  • Bá populates most pages with simian bystanders in a way that would stretch any special-effects budget.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 23 June 2022
  • You’re offended that rather than do what such patrician fellows as Dubya did (smile silently while the left portrayed him as a simian jughead), Trump has dared to slap back.
    Matt Labash, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Waze, on the other hand, is a clear and present danger to every pedestrian, equestrian, simian and median on the planet.
    Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Finally, the sound of wooden cowbells announced the reason for the simian commotion.
    Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2020
  • Albert died of suffocation during his flight, and a number of his simian brethren also sacrificed their lives to the cause in the ensuing years.
    Mike Wall, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2013
  • For the effects company responsible for the simian half of the battle, Weta Digital, the stakes felt nearly as high.
    Tim Grierson, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2017
  • Humanity has been decimated by a simian virus and may not survive.
    Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 13 July 2017
  • The vaccine also protected 67 percent of rhesus monkeys exposed to a simian virus similar to HIV, according to the researchers.
    Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2019
  • However, simian monkey viruses were found lurking in those monkey kidney cells.
    National Geographic, 26 Feb. 2017
  • However, simian monkey viruses were found lurking in those monkey kidney cells.
    National Geographic, 26 Feb. 2017
  • According to the simian market hypothesis, figuring out what stocks are worth is monkey business.
    Jason Zweig, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Suotamo removes that old shuffle, and lends a loping simian gait and fresh physicality that adds more variety and expression.
    Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
  • Still, even those giraffe characters don’t have species-specific traits—nothing like Babar’s regal bearing or George’s simian curiosity.
    Alex Shoumatoff, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Still, even those giraffe characters don’t have species-specific traits—nothing like Babar’s regal bearing or George’s simian curiosity.
    Alex Shoumatoff, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • This connection is driven home by a few horrifying if discreetly framed flashbacks to an old ’90s family sitcom whose chimpanzee star, Gordy, would appear to have been at least partially inspired by a real-life simian celebrity named Travis.
    Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
  • Brandy fixes her gaze on the mirror while repeating a series of unusual gestures, apparently mesmerized by the simian mimic who can anticipate her every move.
    Karen Wright, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Cameras on its head would stream high-definition video to its simian operator, while other sensors might include infrared and ultraviolet imaging, GPS, touch, proximity, and strain sensors, and even a radiation detector.
    IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2016
  • Animals, especially simian ones, were historically racialized in popular culture to dehumanize black people.
    Nadra Nittle, Vox, 14 Dec. 2018
  • And the hotel’s corner tower bears its own share of bizarre, simian-like faces sticking out their tongues.
    San Antonio Express-News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • In the simian market hypothesis, on the other hand, investors’ moods swing—the same way apes swing from trees.
    Jason Zweig, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
  • With shocking strength, this simian foe sends a tree trunk right through your chopper, before going on to crush, stomp and bellow his way through your friends for the next two hours.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2017
  • With shocking strength, this simian foe sends a tree trunk right through your chopper, before going on to crush, stomp and bellow his way through your friends for the next two hours.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2017
  • In one photo in this very small archive, I'm seen as a toddler in my mother's lap, and look remarkably happy, if rather simian.
    Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 20 July 2011
  • Bá populates most pages with simian bystanders in a way that would stretch any special-effects budget.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 23 June 2022
  • You’re offended that rather than do what such patrician fellows as Dubya did (smile silently while the left portrayed him as a simian jughead), Trump has dared to slap back.
    Matt Labash, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2021
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simian

2 of 2 noun
  • But like the sentient simians from the Planet of the Apes, some of us staged a rebellion last summer.
    Staff Report, Orange County Register, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Rather, the sneaky simians are provided with mountains of food to gorge themselves.
    The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Its arms are too long, almost simian, its hands dangling far too low, one posed awkwardly over the crotch, as if to shield it.
    Alex Mar, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2017
  • After quenching its thirst, the smart simian proves its green credentials by turning off the tap.
    Fox News, 6 Aug. 2019
  • If that were true, every simian mugging at his own smartphone could call himself an artist.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The simian examined the page briefly, then meandered a few feet to check out several small boys crowding the glass for a closer look.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2019
  • The most the officers could do, Singh said, was to allow villagers to catch the monkeys themselves and help them release the bothersome simians into the wild elsewhere.
    Fox News, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Caesar the ape leads simians in revolt against the governor enslaving them on future Earth.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Stereotypes about the Irish, often depicted as having simian features, were common at the time.
    Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Want to experience the end of the world, an attack from outer space, a war to the death between superheroes, or a contagious disease that puts our simian cousins in control of the planet?
    Damon Linker, TheWeek, 13 Mar. 2020
  • But half a mile from camp, a peculiar howling echoed through the forest—almost, but not exactly, like that of a spider monkey, the largest simian in the jungle and an excellent source of meat.
    Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Jupe carefully reaches toward Gordy, but before their fingers connect, the simian is gunned down from behind.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
  • In 2029 an astronaut leads a human uprising against a military leader and his army of ruling simians.
    Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • An astronaut and his team crash on a world ruled by intelligent, talking simians who treat humans like animals.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Rolling to dodge during lock-on is solid and sending a projectile back at an angry backpacked simian is always satisfying.
    Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 28 May 2022
  • Primatologist Davis Okoye, played by Dwayne Johnson, has a pet ape, and being in keeping with a traditional monster film, his simian companion grows and grows and grows.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2017
  • Villagers in India being terrorized by more than 2,000 wild monkeys claim to have found an unconventional way to tackle the simian menace – by dressing up as bears.
    Fox News, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Her cast, human and simian, is compelling, particularly her heroine, who rebounds from one cruel blow after another.
    The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • On humanity’s side, at least, is Kong’s relationship with tiny human child Jia (Kaylee Hottle), who hopefully can communicate with the gigantic simian from a safe distance during this whole escapade.
    Halle Kiefer, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2021
  • These were the same preventative measures Philadelphia police took to keep wannabe simians from recklessly scaling anything and everything after the Eagles’ Super Bowl triumph.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Political cartoonists gave Irishmen dark skin and simian features.
    Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Tough but temporary, the simian intervention reminds us of our physical impermanence and the beauty of everyday materials.
    Kim Tan, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Some of its grimmest passages, depicting life under concentration camp quarantine amid various, escalating acts of human-on-simian brutality, whack out the story's tonal balance.
    Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2017
  • But like the sentient simians from the Planet of the Apes, some of us staged a rebellion last summer.
    Staff Report, Orange County Register, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Rather, the sneaky simians are provided with mountains of food to gorge themselves.
    The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Its arms are too long, almost simian, its hands dangling far too low, one posed awkwardly over the crotch, as if to shield it.
    Alex Mar, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2017
  • After quenching its thirst, the smart simian proves its green credentials by turning off the tap.
    Fox News, 6 Aug. 2019
  • If that were true, every simian mugging at his own smartphone could call himself an artist.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The simian examined the page briefly, then meandered a few feet to check out several small boys crowding the glass for a closer look.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2019
  • The most the officers could do, Singh said, was to allow villagers to catch the monkeys themselves and help them release the bothersome simians into the wild elsewhere.
    Fox News, 30 Jan. 2020

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