How to Use marmot in a Sentence

marmot

noun

• As a result, once-common marmot species are rare in many places.
  — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
• And, like most native birds and mammals, marmots are on the menu of house cats, too.
  — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
• Look out for marmots frolicking on the rocky slope beside the parking lot.
  — James Lange, National Geographic, 11 Mar. 2019
• The marmot can offer a portion of hope in this doomsday scenario.
  — Rochelle Baker, Wired, 28 Nov. 2020
• Trout swim in its brilliant turquoise waters, while elk and sunbathing marmots are often seen from the path.
  — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
• The researchers sequenced the genome of a male Himalayan marmot.
  — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
• Humans also have long exploited marmots for meat and fur.
  — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
• The lead conservationist is a large, fluffy ground squirrel known as a marmot.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
• So, marmots need to double their weight during the summer, even in places where the season is only a few months long.
  — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
• And this is me in shorts and a T-shirt hiding under a blanket sunning on a grassy knoll and my marmot is with me.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024
• In the mountains while hiking, don’t let your dog run around in areas with marmots, squirrels, mountain goats, etc.
  — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, 12 June 2017
• But the most vivid memory was my encounter with a curious and hungry marmot.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
• In another, a marmot eyes the game camera, getting closer and closer to the lens.
  — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
• In town, the greengrocer finds a fuzzy, marmot-like creature with elephantine ears in a crate of oranges.
  — Frances Leech, Longreads, 3 May 2018
• Blumstien said one marmot learned how to turn over the trap and nab the bait inside without getting caught, then her kids followed her lead.
  — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
• Raccoons, marmots, mice, and other small animals have been known to pilfer tasty morsels when given the chance.
  — Kraig Becker, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2019
• Hoary marmots, flying squirrels and tundra swans prepare for sleep in their respective safe havens.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2019
• This strategy works for birds, squirrels, deer, marmots, chipmunks, elk, moose, and bears, but sadly, not wolves.
  — Madeleine Trebenski, Outside Online, 1 July 2018
• Groundhogs are rodents that belong to the marmot or ground squirrel family.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2026
• The market sold seafood, but also chickens, bats, marmots, and other wild animals.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Jan. 2020
• The whining of the wind, the whistle of a marmot and an occasional bleat from sheep somewhere in the distance are the only sounds.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2017
• The Kremlin pivots to a story that blames the fatalities on marmots, which can carry the plague.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
• Seeing that marmot offshoot with his twitchy little nose and beady eyes, clutched by an obscure local bureaucrat, conjures hope for the year to come.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
• She is caught up in an awareness of the marmots—of a concurrent marmot universe, of a concurrent marmot metaphysics.
  — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
• But marmots breed like the proverbial bunnies and so have the potential to come back quickly from population declines.
  — Steven Sullivan, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
• The marmot was last seen between American Airlines and one of the airport’s parking garages.
  — Lori Aratani, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2017
• Blumstein brought up the idea of a marmot OnlyFans to his students, who weren't all convinced of the concept.
  — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
• Earlier this year, a Mongolian couple died from the bubonic plague after eating raw marmot meat.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
• On the Weibo social media platform, a user posted that the market sold live cats, dogs, wild chickens, snakes and marmots.
  — Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2020
• There's videos of scuffles, marmots walking in snow, maintaining their burrow and just sitting there in all their glorious cuteness.
  — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026