How to Use zoo in a Sentence
zoo
noun- The supermarket was a real zoo on the night before the storm.
- The sixth grade classroom was a zoo after recess.
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When the zoo opened in 1912, the pens were state-of-the-art.
— Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Oct. 2022 -
The clever little cub chose the right place, the zoo said.
— Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2024 -
Still, the zoo said there is much more work to be done.
— Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023 -
The species can live to be as old as 23 years old, says the zoo.
— Zoe Sottile, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022 -
These are the first pandas to come to a U.S. zoo in 21 years.
— Elise Preston, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2024 -
Pin was at least 35 years old and had been at the zoo for 33 years.
— Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2023 -
Shera and three of her offspring stayed at the D.C. zoo.
— Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022 -
The zoo is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (though guests can stay until 6 p.m.).
— Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Aug. 2023 -
Fans can vote once a day on the zoo's Name the Tiger Cub website.
— Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2024 -
Then the chicks will be ready to live with the colony and make their zoo debut in the habitat.
— Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 15 May 2024 -
The owl had come to the zoo as a fledgling 13 years earlier.
— Dennis Romero, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2024 -
The zoo shared the news of Zenzele's pregnancy last month.
— Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 12 Feb. 2024 -
The southern white rhinoceros is the first to be born at the zoo.
— Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023 -
These tiny cubs were born June 17 to first-time mom Ginger, 3, and 7-year-old Ravi, the zoo said.
— Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2024 -
Both birds hatched in 1991 and arrived at the zoo the following year.
— Emma Bowman, NPR, 8 Sep. 2024 -
There are now 71 François’ langurs in zoos across the United States.
— Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 22 May 2024 -
The master plan contract would cover the zoo and all parts of the park, with the exception of the golf course.
— Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022 -
Reilly said Rich took boatloads of kids fishing, to the zoo and to the ballpark.
— Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023 -
The birds were all hatched in captivity and have been fed and cared for by zoo staff.
— Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023 -
What should people know about the zoo's pygmy slow lorises?
— Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2023 -
The cubs spend time with their mother and aunt behind the scenes, adjusting to life at the zoo.
— The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024 -
For the elephants at the Oakland zoo, leftover Christmas trees were the treat.
— Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2022 -
Her mother couldn’t take time off to go to the zoo with her, Kimberly said.
— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023 -
According to the zoo, the male Sumatran tiger cub was born on July 23 and marks the first to be born at the zoo in 20 years.
— Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2024 -
Trips to the zoo, the museums and the lakefront are all things everyone should do.
— Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023 -
This wouldn’t be the first time China has left zoos without a panda.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023 -
In the last two pictures in the post, the siblings appeared to be enjoying an outing to the zoo.
— Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024 -
To celebrate solving Pita's vision problems, Dana took her on an adventure to the zoo.
— Ronnie Li, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
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