monkey

Example Sentences

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Footage purportedly of Sunday's incident filmed by other zoogoers and shared on social media shows a person wearing a costume and carrying a stuffed toy jumping over a fence and into the monkey enclosure.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Plush toy versions of his cats and monkey characters sit on recently upholstered matte orange, cream and red booths.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Becerra pointed to his experiences leading the sprawling federal health agency in the Biden administration, including dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the wildfires that devastated Maui, Hawaii, avian flu and monkey pox.

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

The harder I pulled, the longer that monkey seemed to get.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls