How to Use critter in a Sentence

critter

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  • The woods are filled with skunks, raccoons, and other critters.
  • Moths are one of the worst critters to have in your home.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2023
  • Here a group of researchers walked up and down the trails on the hunt for critters of the night.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
  • But most of the time moose are shy and elusive critters.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Whatever the reason the ferret left, the goal was to get the critter back on the ranch.
    — Tracy Harmon, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2021
  • But there's no need to burn your house down to rid yourself of the critters.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
  • One brush by a critter and the pod bursts open to scatter its seeds.
    — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Roaches aren’t the worst critters in our homes, though.
    — Rob Dunn, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2018
  • The first step to get rid of ants (or any critter for that matter) is to deep clean your home.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And any microbes and critters the ships picked up near the equator would be dumped, too.
    — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The critters’ soft bodies can’t withstand the impact of the spray.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
  • This goes for cats or any critter that needs to be taken care of.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Most of these critters will never reach adult life and learn to fly.
    — Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, WSJ, 20 June 2019
  • Over millions of years, as ocean critters died, their little shells fell to the floor of the then-Gulf.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • And then there’s the critters (this could be anything from squirrels to mice to ground hogs).
    — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 7 Sep. 2019
  • If the culprit is a weevil, go ahead and breathe a sigh of relief—and maybe even check the critter out.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 12 July 2022
  • Dozens of dogs, cats and small critters found new homes today.
    — CNN, 23 Nov. 2019
  • The coastal critter was dubbed the sheepshead fish for the way its mouth resembles the muzzle of a sheep, the BBC reports.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2021
  • The only critter that would consume the entire root of a carrot and not the top is a vole.
    — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2021
  • And then there are all the things that come with being outside: sun, dirt, bugs and critters.
    — Stephanie Cain, The Seattle Times, 13 Sep. 2018
  • One day, Shep came trotting home with a tiny critter in his jaw.
    — Anton L. Delgado, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Even after all that rest, the little critter still might not be ready to face 2022.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Keep an eye out for critters like lizards and June beetles, too.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The tourists watched and filmed the critters—until the rhinos shifted their focus.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But all those names stem from one notable feature of the critter.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 10 July 2023
  • Howie Mandel, who voiced Gizmo in the 1984 film, also returned to give life to the critter in the ad.
    — Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 15 July 2022
  • These industries will grow the most Metro Phoenix has a new place to adopt, treat dogs, cats and 'critters'.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Place your bait toward the back of the trap, and the spring door will quickly shut once your critter is inside.
    — Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Sure, some critters can be dirty, destructive, or diseased.
    — Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
  • After decades of hiding, an elusive numerical critter known as the fifth busy beaver finally gave itself up.
    — Bill Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024

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