Definition: 1. Any living thing that is not a plant or a human. 2. Any living creature, including humans. 3. A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. 4. Of the appetites and passions of the body.
Use 'animal' in a sentence:
1. The hunter moved in to finish the animal off.
2. Some animal was scuffling in the bushes.
3. The person who did this is an animal, a brute.
4. You feel an animal panic to run and hide.
5. I didn't really share in her love of animals.
6. The tracks of the large animal were clearly printed in the sand.
7. A reward was offered for the animal's safe return.
8. There are alternative sources of nutrition to animal meat.
9. She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.
10. These animals only come out at night.
11. Man is a highly intelligent animal.
12. Britain proudly proclaims that it is a nation of animal lovers.
13. The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive.
14. The animal refused to be enticed from its hole.
15. If you remember, Mary was always fond of animals.
16. I have an allergy to animal hair.
17. Our beauty products are not tested on animals.
18. Some animals roll themselves into a ball for protection.
19. This animal is found in Australia, and nowhere else.
20. Humans are the only animals to have developed speech.
21. The illegal trade in animal products continues to flourish.
22. Animal behaviourists have been studying these monkeys for decades.
23. The land is used by local people to graze their animals.
24. The animal had slipped free and escaped.
25. The kids were all wearing animal masks.
26. Each animal was tagged with a number for identification.
27. The animals all looked well fed and cared for.
28. Many of these animals are not found anywhere else.
29. Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments.
30. The animal retracted into its shell.
31. This man is an animal, a beast.
32. Cut down on animal fats found in red meat, hard cheeses and so on.
33. Some people feel that experimenting on animals is wrong.
34. He paced the room like a caged animal.
35. The eagle is the animal most sacred to the Native Americans.
36. The animal is hunted for its fur.
37. Raising animals was only secondary to other forms of farming.
38. The elephant is the largest living land animal.
39. If you were reborn as an animal, which animal would you be?
40. The museum was full of stuffed animals in glass cases.
41. There was no doubting the animal magnetism of the man.
42. Many people do not like the idea of experiments on animals.
43. You're quite a party animal aren't you, out there every night.
44. Fish oils are less saturated than animal fats.
45. She's cooking on a stove fuelled by dried animal dung.
46. He was an animal in his younger days.
47. I'm not a political animal.
48. The animal is covered in long piercing spines.
49. Are animals able to think?
50. Watch any young human being, or any other young animal.
51. This product has not been tested on animals.
52. I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
53. He was studying the complex similarities and differences between humans and animals.
54. Most information was collected by direct observation of the animals' behaviour.
55. The cheetah is generally credited as the world's fastest animal.
56. The government which followed the election was a very different animal.
57. Football hooligans are just animals.
58. The dolphin is an intelligent animal.
59. He was attacked by wild animals.
60. There are many different sorts of animal on the island.
61. He had a real knowledge of animals, birds and flowers.
62. Language is something which fundamentally distinguishes humans from animals.
63. The trees provide shade for the animals in the summer.
64. She's not a political animal.
65. Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.
66. The cosmetics have not been tested on animals.
67. They believe humans are reincarnated in animal form.
68. Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.
69. His research work was attacked by animal rights activists.
