monkey

Example Sentences

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The mischievous thieving monkey Ukiki is once again trying to make off with the belongings of a passerby when he is stopped by another traveler: Princess Daisy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Random observations on the silliness of all the action—“That monkey just used his cuteness for crime!”—are about as close as we get to humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"We're here since this morning. We rarely come to a zoo but we wanted to see cute Punch," said 32-year-old Sayaka Takimoto who drove two hours with her husband to see the monkey.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Punch is, as millions of his fans know, a 7-month-old macaque monkey living at Ichikawa City Zoo, outside Tokyo.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Daisy came over, took hold of my arm, and started looking at my monkey bites.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls