ermines

plural of ermine

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ermines
Noun
  • One side has faux fur with a bubble texture, and the other has a soft micro mink lining.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Endurance wasn’t crushed all at once, but instead ground down into a twist of wood and metal over the course of several weeks, like a rabbit in the clutches of a boa constrictor.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a haunted corn maze, marigold fields, bounceland, Jurassic Fright, a tractor ride and sheep, goats and rabbits.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast.
    Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This acquisition will improve the habitat for Wisconsin’s endangered American marten, which has been facing a dwindling habitat.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Originally bred in Germany to hunt badgers, these small canines are energetic, bold and stubborn.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.
    Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As the two boys leaned over the dock to watch, Lee threw his arm down into the water and the otter jumped up and bit his hand.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
    Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The research highlights the plight of Arctic seals, which rely on sea ice for breeding and raising their pups, and use it to rest and access foraging areas.
    Nell Lewis, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from hotel-quality designs, the bedding brand takes pride in their fair-trade practices and non-toxic materials, and has earned seals for Fair Trade Certified and Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS).
    Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As the two boys leaned over the dock to watch, Lee threw his arm down into the water and the otter jumped up and bit his hand.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
    Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Animals that typically carry rabies are bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • People across continents might link rainbows with snakes, or see rabbits on the moon, or cast foxes, jackals, and coyotes as tricksters.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Ermines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ermines. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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