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How to use hamster in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Hamster means any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. Example: “The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.”

Examples of hamster by meaning

nounAny of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.

  • The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.

verbTo secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.

  • Probably the city government knew that without that hamstering half the city would starve and they somehow got the police to lay off.1974, Phyllis Knight, Rolf Knight, A Very Ordinary Life, page 43

More sentences with hamster

  • Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.From the entry fortunately
  • “Do you think when hamsters watch us eat, they think we're cute?” “How could they not?2021 March 28, Janine Brito, “Dance Dance Resolution” (3:51 from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 15, spoken by Violet…. From the entry vid
  • The little girl was left alone in her tiny bedroom, cradling her dead hamster.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry cradle
  • Babies, like hamsters, develop supernatural physical abilities the minute an adult leaves the room.1987 September 6, Robert Joe Stout, “Some handy hints for taking care of little ones”, in News/Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: News…. From the entry carpetful
  • A few species such as bat, shrew, striped hamster and muskrat are found only in North Korea.1985, H. Edward Kim, “Land and People”, in Facts about Korea, 18th Revised edition, Seoul: Hollym Corporation, →OCLC, page 22. From the entry North Korea
  • The hamsters conferred privately before one of them answered curtly: “We want a raise, Madame,” then he coughed.2026 [1979], Copi, “The Surprise Party”, in Kit Schluter, transl., City of Rats, New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry usufruct
  • “You have to realize you don’t want to live your life in a hamster wheel of complete news consumption,” he said.2020 July 15, Brian X. Chen, “You’re Doomscrolling Again. Here’s How to Snap Out of It.”, in New York Times. From the entry doomscrolling
  • That woman hated my hamster, she is never in a million years going to let me keep a rat.”2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry never in a million years
  • However, crossfeeding does occur with other heteroploid mouse lines (3T3 and derivatives), hamster BHK-21 cells and derivatives, and diploid human fibroblasts.1976, John W. Littlefield, Variation, Senescence, and Neoplasia in Cultured Somatic Cells, →ISBN. From the entry crossfeed
  • We investigated the anti-hyperlipidemic effect and the underlying mechanism of wedelolactone, a plant-derived coumestan, in HepG2 cells and high-fat diet (HFD)−induced hyperlipidemic hamsters.2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of…. From the entry hyperlipidemic
  • Whether it is a fluffy bunny, a silky guinea pig or a downy hamster, we just love to hold it and feel its softness.2004 May 14, Anne Flood, “10. Cuddly Friends”, in Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry fluffy bunny
  • But our genes are mutable, and like the mutant hamster, we could still be attuned to another planet by a trekky travel clock.1990 May 15, Hospital Practice, page 130. From the entry trekky
  • The hamster shall be cobby, well-conditioned in body, with large head, broad skull, and short in face, blunt-nosed, avoiding all rat-like appearance.1981, Mervin F. Roberts, The T.F.H. Book of Hamsters, page 54. From the entry cobby
  • The results of a detailed study of the efficacy of praziquantel on Schistosoma mansoni in mice, Mastomys and Syrian hamsters are described.1977 July, R. Gönnert, P. Andrews, “Praziquantel, a New Broad-spectrum Antischistosomal Agent”, in Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde, volume…. From the entry praziquantel
  • Leishmania infantum in Experimental Animals.—Experiments were carried out with geckoes, white mice, field mice (Microtus güntheri) and hamsters (Cricetus auratus and Cricetulus griseus).1931, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, volume 108, London: Royal Society of London, →OCLC, page 456. From the entry gecko
  • In summary, our results indicate that the classic mutagens DES and NMU induce aneugeny in Chinese hamster cell lines, but they do so by different mechanisms.2003, M. Campagna et al., “Diethylsulphate and methylnitrosourea affect different targets in Chinese hamster fibroblasts: possible…. From the entry aneugeny
  • The overall mood of this volume is one of melancholy and loss, weary resignation to one's lot—trudging round and round on the rusty hamster wheel of life.2002 June 28, Michiko Kakutani, “Books of the Times”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2019, retrieved 23 Sep…. From the entry rusty
  • Watch the great trolleysful of cat and dog food, cat litter, bird seed and hamster bedding wheeled through the check-outs each weekend if you doubt our animal-mania.1985 February 18, “Tell us about your animals”, in Birmingham Evening Mail, page 5. From the entry trolleyful

Meaning of hamster

  1. noun Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
  2. noun In particular, a rodent of the species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) or of a species of the genera Cricetiscus and Phodopus (the dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.
  3. noun Any of various other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).

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Questions about hamster in a sentence

How do you use hamster in a sentence?
Hamster is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food.”
What is a short sentence with hamster?
“Fortunately for Sam, his pet hamster was alive.”
What does hamster mean?
Hamster means any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.

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