How to Use different animal in a Sentence

different animal

noun
  • To shift to a different animal metaphor, Trump remains a bull in a china shop.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The evolution of the heart in different animal species have different ways of how the heart work, but the main point of them is to contract.
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
  • But this is Kansas City in the playoffs, and Patrick Mahomes at home is a different animal.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But this was a different animal, trying to come back against Huskies instead of Owls.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Wrestling, of course, is a different animal than football, but Montoya believes Harston melds the two sports well.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Predicting the outcomes of games is a bit of a different animal.
    — Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2024
  • This year’s sightings are believed to be of a different animal.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
  • Each squishy is made of nontoxic rubber and comes in a different animal shape.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 18 Nov. 2023
  • While running through this year’s Pac-12 was no easy feat − the league definitely went out with a bang in terms of depth and quality − the SEC is a different animal.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The playoffs are a different animal, but those trends matter.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • But NCAAs is a different animal, and scoring will take more precision across the event order.
    — Cory Mull, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The zoo is large — 190 acres with several different animal habitats to see.
    — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Sure, there may concerns about the health of the U.S. consumer, but housing is a different animal because rising home values tend to lead Home Depot sales.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The knock against retail right now is that the U.S. consumer is on shaky ground, but housing is a different animal because rising home values tend to lead Home Depot sales.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Take things easy and embark on the Kilimanjaro Safaris guided tour to see and learn about over 30 different animal species.
    — Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
  • All that said, and knowing full well that the middle three games in Yankee Stadium might be a completely different animal?
    — Jim Alexander, Orange County Register, 27 Oct. 2024
  • And then playing in the playoffs is a completely different animal.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
  • The thorny issue of tiles Starship, however, is a different animal.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 June 2024
  • But that whiskey was an entirely different animal, having spent a full two years finishing in Oloroso sherry casks.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 May 2023
  • Showdown contests are a different animal compared to a Sunday main slate.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
  • This one is a different animal because normally for celebrity homes, the celebrity is the homeowner.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The soap dispenser is offered in five different animal silhouettes—duck, penguin, elephant, hippo, and whale— so your little one will be able to choose their favorite one.
    — Courtney Kittel, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But historically, the playoffs have been a different animal for the Charlestown native.
    — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The researchers determined that the explanation for the tag’s anomalous readings was that the device had spent several days inside the stomach of a different animal.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
  • There is a benefit to vegetable gardening through fabric or film mulch but that’s a totally different animal and does not involve placing mulch on top of the film/fabric.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Trimming trees, on the other hand, is an entirely different animal.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Leopard is Seal Don’t be confused by this subheading — a leopard is definitely a different animal to a seal.
    — Rory Doherty, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The headline number — two-thirds, or in the case of the new report, 73 percent — refers to the average decline of thousands of different animal populations, not the total number of animals.
    — Benji Jones, Vox, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Monken had a strong presence during the offseason program, but training camp is a different animal as coaches evaluate players and install the scheme.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
  • Chinese Moon Suit Moon suits are a completely different animal.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024

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