critter
Example Sentences
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Video showed the critter nervously perched on a shelf, seamlessly blending in with the toy kangaroos and bears.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
As Popcorn gained popularity online, Chris and Lily wrote a book together about the impact that the little critter had on their family, which was then published in May 2024.
From BBC • May 24, 2025
And it's partly thanks to a noisy critter from Costa Rica named Alston's singing mouse.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024
“As soon as we arrived, we saw a little critter in the kitchen sink,” Groonwald says.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023
You picked up little tricks: overturning your boots each morning in case a scorpion or some other critter had crept inside; shaking out your blanket for rattlesnakes before lying down at night.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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