How to Use squirrel in a Sentence

squirrel

1 of 2 noun

• And it was stopped by a squirrel.
  — Craig Chisnall, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
• Jack would leave food here for the squirrel.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2025
• But no squirrel brains for me, thanks.
  — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
• Some troops have fed squirrels.
  — Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
• Next, think about where squirrels could nest.
  — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 28 Apr. 2026
• Any minute the bush squirrels above would sound the alarm.
  — AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
• Why would a squirrel pick up a vape in the first place?
  — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
• Now there were no birds, no balls, no squirrels, no bikes.
  — Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2025
• But none had the same impact as the squirrel.
  — Craig Chisnall, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2026
• The small scrape marks on the trunk of the tree could be from the squirrel’s teeth.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
• This was the kind of setting fox squirrels liked.
  — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
• But the squirrel scene was nearly axed from the film.
  — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2025
• Plant around tomatoes and squash to keep squirrels at bay.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2025
• Plant around tomatoes and squash to keep squirrels at bay.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
• Up ahead, the first squirrel of the morning.
  — CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
• The squirrels seemed to have a special charm.
  — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
• But, of course, the squirrels will ignore it.
  — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
• Leave acorns under oaks for birds and squirrels.
  — Alice Cason, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
• Pump followed her friend’s lead; the squirrel took heed and fled.
  — Time, 23 Sep. 2022
• The weight of the squirrel—but not birds—will close the feeding holes.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
• The first squirrel came over a little bluff and poked around on the ground for pecans.
  — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
• The sail rose up the mast like a squirrel climbing a flagpole.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
• They are themselves known to be consumed by squirrels and birds.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
• Then there are the creatures that love to feast on the fruits, like squirrels, birds, and deer.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
• Last year, much of the garden was eaten by rats, birds and squirrels.
  — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
• Hunters can harvest up to 10 squirrels a day.
  — Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 17 Aug. 2025
• The adult feline climbed a tree to chase a squirrel, while the younger two watched from the ground.
  — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2025
• Their pets, a squirrel and chihuahua, also died at the scene.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2024
• Case in point, never feed a cold baby squirrel.
  — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 7 June 2026

squirrel

2 of 2 verb

• These days, Shani no longer needs to squirrel away her patties.
  — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appétit, 7 Jan. 2020
• For sure, there are ways for households to squirrel money out.
  — Enda Curran, Bloomberg.com, 3 July 2017
• Most of us, having got a whiff of what was going on, were busy squirreling ours away.
  — Jim McLauchlin, WIRED, 12 June 2018
• Residents squirrel away money, not sure whether to trust the boom.
  — Bob Davis, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
• Our brains just aren’t wired to squirrel away unique passwords for so many online accounts.
  — Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2020
• So how are wealthy taxpayers able to squirrel away millions in these modest plans?
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2021
• Just don’t forget to squirrel some away for next year’s Fourth of July.
  — David Tanis, New York Times, 29 June 2018
• There's nothing odd about seeing a bear, deer or squirrel with a little extra plush this time of year.
  — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2022
• And 15% of people admit to squirreling things away in the trunk of their car.
  — Southern Living, 21 June 2018
• Each worker who doesn’t opt out decides how much to squirrel away, with the default set at 5% of gross pay.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
• The Sharks, who have squirreled away valuable cap space, may not be in the Tavares sweepstakes.
  — Ross McKeon, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018
• If the nest was also destroyed, the mother will rebuild it first and then take the baby squirrel back.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
• Filoviruses can squirrel themselves away in parts of the body where immune system weaponry cannot reach them.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022
• There are ones to keep out on your counter day-in and day-out, and ones to squirrel away in the back of your pantry for when your fanciest friends come for dinner.
  — Brette Warshaw, GQ, 26 Apr. 2018
• Fortunes aren’t made by squirreling away pennies in savings accounts.
  — Chris Hughes | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 19 June 2019
• Historically this was a steady paying job, so people didn’t always feel the need to squirrel away.
  — Nancy A. Youssef, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2019
• The budget breaks even at a price of $42 a barrel and the finance ministry has squirreled away billions in a rainy-day fund.
  — Grant Smith, Bloomberg.com, 29 Apr. 2020
• If anything, the amount of electricity that needs to be squirreled away requires the technology to be cheap.
  — Akshat Rathi, Quartz, 14 Aug. 2019
• Perhaps there is something primal about our desire to squirrel away objects, to keep some precious little things on our bodies at all times.
  — Katy Kelleher, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• This year marks the beginning of a new four-year period so, in effect, all teams begin this season with the option to squirrel away cash.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 27 July 2017
• Were hordes of selfish Britons really squirreling away 90 tins of tuna each?
  — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2020
• Switzerland long had a reputation as a haven for tax dodgers to squirrel away their money to avoid fiscal authorities abroad.
  — Jamey Keaten, Star Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
• Like many moms, Keating-Joseph squirreled away safely in boxes many childhood treasures of each of her four children.
  — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 17 Aug. 2017
• At the Mobile facility, cases of goods will be unloaded and squirreled away until called for.
  — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 19 Jan. 2018
• Sometimes the children have been able to squirrel away money or hang on to a few scraps of paper with family members’ names and contact information.
  — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 8 July 2019
• The species that scientists exposed and identified in 2017 had been squirreled away in all kinds of places, from the depths of remote oceans to right under our noses.
  — Sylvia Morrow, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2018
• Keeping a handful of programmers squirreled away on the top floor of the Murray Hill complex was not going to bankrupt the company.
  — Richard Jensen, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2019
• Columnist Dan Walters followed the money, and found that a loophole was allowing some districts to squirrel away state money that should be going to close the gap.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2021
• There’s no real way to gird against the unknown, but squirreling away pre-tax money into an HSA is a powerful way to save up for medical costs.
  — Heidi Mitchell, Esquire, 15 Dec. 2017
• They are squirreled away in the top schools with some of the best coaches, pushed to attempt the hardest jumps and most advanced combinations at the youngest ages, then unleashed on their unprepared rivals in major events.
  — Dave Skretta, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2018