menagerie

Example Sentences

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A “schoolroom menagerie,” reimagined from the Potter family’s London home, reflects how Potter’s interest in scientific observation developed by collecting and studying butterflies, beetles, bird eggs, plants, shells, rocks and fossils.

From New York Times

Many of the couple's rescue pet menagerie are used as therapy animals.

From BBC

This advice applies to Price and DeAndrade and their menagerie: two dogs, one cat and a friendly bearded dragon named Sanchez.

From Seattle Times

In the first act of “Life of Pi,” a menagerie — menacing, delightful — entrenches itself on the stage of Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.

From New York Times

To organize a group charter for a small menagerie, one passenger takes the lead.

From Washington Post