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How to use gerbil in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, verb

Gerbil means a member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe. Example: “I keep my pet gerbil away from my brother.”

More sentences with gerbil

  • I keep my pet gerbil away from my brother.From the entry keep
  • Look at that gerbil and his little grabbies! So cute.From the entry grabby
  • She is a raiser of gerbils.From the entry raiser
  • But she soon made friends with Alice, the most mischievous gerbil she'd ever met!2015, John Hyland, Ginger and Alice: The Story of Two Mischevious Gerbils. From the entry mischevious
  • However, with the growth of young animals, the gerbils visit neighboring burrows and the plague spot therefore expands.2016, Ruifu Yang, Andrey Anisimov, Yersinia pestis: Retrospective and Perspective, page 111. From the entry plague spot
  • The computer is but another vehicle to employ in helping people learn, a cousin of books, films, blackboards, chalk, gerbils, abacuses.1974, Theodore R[yland] Sizer, “Foreword”, in Allan B. Ellis, The Use & Misuse of Computers in Education, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book…. From the entry abacus
  • We first infected 9 great gerbils by subcutaneous injection to obtain pilot data regarding their sensitivity to tularaemia.1962, Pergamon Authors, Journal of Microbiology and Epidemiology and Immunobiology - Volume 32 - Issues 9 to 12, The Cornell University…. From the entry supracutaneous
  • The small mammals include typical desert forms such as the burrowing rodents of the jerboa family and the jird or gerbil subfamily.2001, Peter Haggett, editor, China and Taiwan: Animal Life: Desert, River and Forest Specialists: Encyclopedia of World Geography, volume…. From the entry jerboa
  • Turns out Betsy Ross is the biggest lie your kindergarten teacher ever told you (except that Bubbles the class gerbil was moving to a farm upstate).2020 June 14, Josh Axelrod, Saeed Ahmed, “It's Flag Day. Here are some fun facts about the American flag you may not have known”, in CNN. From the entry farm upstate
  • The space-invader will be stunned by the icy gaze, and when on command the gerbil opens his mouth, the kinesic creep will flee in shock upon hearing, “Hey, buddy.2020 December 5, Les Linz, “In praise of service animals”, in The Tribune, Jackson County, Ind., page A4, column 4. From the entry space-invader
  • The question also remains of where the bacterium survives in interepizootic periods (or indeed, through gerbil population crashes), which may itself be controlled by abiotic environmental conditions.2015 September 2, “The Perfect Burrow, but for What? Identifying Local Habitat Conditions Promoting the Presence of the Host and Vector…. From the entry interepizootic

Meaning of gerbil

  1. noun A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
  2. verb To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
  3. verb To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).

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Questions about gerbil in a sentence

How do you use gerbil in a sentence?
Gerbil is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I keep my pet gerbil away from my brother.”
What is a short sentence with gerbil?
“She is a raiser of gerbils.”
What does gerbil mean?
Gerbil means a member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

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