How to Use joey in a Sentence

joey

noun
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  • The zoo's veterinary team says the joey is healthy and strong.
    — Segann March, Cincinnati.com, 12 Apr. 2020
  • The 7-month-old joey was born in February at the Franklin Park Zoo.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Ms. Williams has found about 20 live joeys around the Stuart Highway in the last five years.
    — Serena Solomon, New York Times, 26 June 2017
  • As of Thursday, 22 adult koalas and one joey had been rescued.
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Josephine Brennan-Kuss said the couple took in their first joey 15 years ago.
    — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 26 June 2017
  • In the corner, a kangaroo and her joey are busy grilling on the barbie.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2018
  • The joey’s mother, Maloo, was 3 years old and a first time mother.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2017
  • But don’t forget the present that started it all: a stuffed koala with a baby joey and a pair of baby Ugg boots.
    — Vogue, 16 Apr. 2019
  • The little joey has a good chance of surviving with human care.
    — National Geographic, 8 Mar. 2017
  • For the first time in nearly 10 years Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has a baby #koala, also known as a joey!
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Ava arrived at the zoo last year, already carrying a joey in her pouch.
    — cincinnati.com, 30 Apr. 2021
  • On Thursday, the zoo shared a photo of the all-white, pink-eyed joey on Instagram, revealing the sweet news.
    — Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Called joeys, the newborns must crawl into their mother’s pouch and attach to a nipple.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2019
  • Around September, this baby, also known as a joey, is ready to leave the pouch, Menzies says.
    — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2020
  • This is also the first joey for mom, Mackenzie, & dad, Nyoonbi.
    — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The new bundle of joy was announced May 7 and was 4-year-old wallaby Sprocket's first joey.
    — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2022
  • If kept in womb-like conditions, older joeys have a strong chance for survival.
    — National Geographic, 1 May 2017
  • If kept in womb-like conditions, older joeys have a strong chance for survival.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 1 May 2017
  • Cages contained adorable baby squirrels and a litter of 10 young opossums, called joeys, who were found in the pouch of their dead mother.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2020
  • Josephine's usually recives between two to five joeys a week.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 13 June 2018
  • The new addition to the zoo was announced Friday morning in a post that said 4-year-old wallaby Sprocket gave birth to her first joey.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2022
  • In addition to producing breast milk, koala mothers produce a goopy, green poop that their joeys lap up.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • His team recently captured their first-ever video footage of the creatures, showing a female with joeys in her pouch.
    — Amy Gunia, Time, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The joey has now started to put on weight and was released to a specialist wildlife carer after gaining the requisite strength.
    — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • There's an unusual take on the wonder of motherhood with a wallaby joey who spends most of his time in his mother's pouch.
    — Chip Reid, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2020
  • But the new quoll joeys indicate that despite its setbacks, the rewilding program has been a success.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 10 July 2018
  • Three decades ago, that milk would likely have been from a cow, causing diarrhea and other stomach problems in the joey, as baby koalas are known.
    — Serena Solomon, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The joey, whose gender zookeepers had yet to determine, is estimated to be between 5 and 6 months old.
    — Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2022
  • Photo: joey roulette/Reuters The shooting occurred as the tournament was being live-streamed on social media.
    — Zusha Elinson, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2018
  • The charity said one of its volunteers, Janine Green, is caring for three joeys that were injured but survived.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2019

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