SQUIRREL in a Sentence

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20 example sentences for SQUIRREL, such as:

1. The squirrel has laid in a store of nuts for the winter.
2. He might as well have provided them for a squirrel or a magpie.
3. A squirrel was perched on Dickon's bent back attentively nibbling a nut.
4. He threw a pine cone at a jovial squirrel, and he ran with chattering fear.
5. He can charm foxes and squirrels and birds just as the natives in India charm snakes.

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 Meanings and Examples of SQUIRREL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
squirrel
 n.  a small furry animal with a long tail which climbs trees and feeds on nuts and seeds
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  Kennicott brought down a fat red squirrel and at dusk he had a dramatic shot at a flight of ducks whirling down from the upper air, skimming the lake, instantly vanishing.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  He threw a pine cone at a jovial squirrel, and he ran with chattering fear.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  The squirrel, immediately upon recognizing danger, had taken to his legs without ado.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  On the contrary, he had fled as fast as his legs could carry him; and he was but an ordinary squirrel, too--doubtless no philosopher of his race.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  He might as well have provided them for a squirrel or a magpie.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  When he said "Nut" one squirrel leaped on to his right shoulder and when he said "Shell" the other one leaped on to his left shoulder.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
7  A squirrel was perched on Dickon's bent back attentively nibbling a nut.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
8  Soot had pushed away a squirrel and huddled close to him on his shoulder, the gray film dropped over his eyes.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  "I've made such quantities it would be hard to choose which I'd have," said Laurie, lying flat and throwing cones at the squirrel who had betrayed him.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTEEN
10  Your squirrel would run about and do all her tricks if you would be nice, and do what she wants.
A Doll's House By Henrik Ibsen
Context  Highlight   In ACT II
11  They climbed high trees as nimbly as a squirrel, for they had strong extended claws before and behind, terminating in sharp points, and hooked.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER I.
12  He can charm foxes and squirrels and birds just as the natives in India charm snakes.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
13  The fox and the crow were with him again and this time he had brought two tame squirrels.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
14  A boy, and a fox, and a crow, and two squirrels, and a new-born lamb, are coming to see me this morning.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
15  Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
Example Sentence:
1  The squirrel is a small or medium-sized rodent.
2  The squirrel has laid in a store of nuts for the winter.