monkey

Example Sentences

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"He was your very normal, cheeky little monkey," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Footage purportedly of Sunday's incident filmed by other zoogoers and shared on social media shows a person wearing a costume and carrying a stuffed toy jumping over a fence and into the monkey enclosure.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

If you give one monkey a cucumber slice and you give another monkey a grape, the first monkey will throw the cucumber back at you—probably because you violated its sense of fairness.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

His daughter loves the rally monkey and the free games in the Pac-Man arcade, and he appreciates Moreno’s focus on affordability.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

But I was so mad at that monkey, I had to do something.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls