How to Use zebra in a Sentence

zebra

noun
Definition of zebranext
  • Old zebra-print sheets were hung up to hide the garage door.
    — Kieran Dahl, Washington Post, 30 June 2020
  • The team kept an eye on the stork as staff brought the zebra and rhino into the barns.
    — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The star looked chic in a black blazer and flared zebra-print trousers.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2023
  • In the wings of their advance are zebra, which also move with the new shoots of grass.
    — Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Heidi’s newborn is the first zebra born at the park in 2021.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 18 May 2021
  • In the Namib Desert, three cheetahs who ate the same zebra died of anthrax.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The zoo said that the loss of the zebra was devastating and that Keeya will be deeply missed.
    — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The echoing sounds of zebra and wildebeest were hushed as well.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 11 July 2024
  • Maybe a zebra from the zoo has escaped and has wandered down your street.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • What the rise in zebra herds and the decline in buffalo might mean isn’t known.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Body camera footage shows a man chasing the zebra away with a large stick.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Keeya was the mother of 1-year-old Malawa, who was the first Hartmann’s mountain zebra born at the zoo.
    — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2021
  • So far, three of the zebras have been recaptured, but one remains on the loose.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2024
  • The wild zebra includes white and milk chocolate with sweet foam.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2022
  • Here a Nile crocodile drags a zebra to certain death in the depths.
    — Ralph P. Stuart, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The new zebra, meanwhile, can be seen in the Louisville Zoo's Africa zone, according to the release.
    — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2022
  • Maybe, to Rihanna, zebra is to leopard print what the Yankees are to the Mets?
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 July 2024
  • The arrival of zebra and quagga mussels led to the collapse of alewives and king salmon in Lake Huron in the early 2000s.
    — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Take a style cue from Emily and go loud with a bold zebra print blazer.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 21 Dec. 2022
  • This zebra-print top would look amazing paired with leather shorts.
    — Sarah Boyd, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Just before the Beijing Olympics, Radamus shaved his head and dyed it in a white-and-black zebra pattern.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Adia, a 16-year-old Grevy’s zebra, gave birth to her fifth offspring, a female foal, on Aug. 21.
    — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The oldest and youngest were twin zebras; Dorothy and the Tin Man; a ladybug and a bumblebee.
    — Elisabeth Egan, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2018
  • Pile on the Prints Designers have long loved leopard, zebra and tiger — just not all at once.
    — Hayley Phelan, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
  • On Tuesday, the model shared a selfie laying in the sun wearing the cutest zebra print.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 9 June 2021
  • Then Vivier became obsessed with these kinds of things like stripes, black and white and zebra.
    — Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Besides a blinding wall of lights, White had one set piece on stage Friday: a stuffed zebra.
    — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Dallas also has a zebra foal named Sukari, and Fort Worth has a young lesser kudu.
    — Shannon Sutlief, Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2020
  • For Slim that means a comfortable velour tracksuit; for Queen, a skimpy zebra-stripe slip dress and high-heeled boots.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Puglisi’s first sign of a tribute to Cavalli after his death was the decision to change the direction of the resort collection, reworking the zebra and rose prints.
    — Luisa Zargani, WWD, 18 Sep. 2024

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