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Recent Examples of furry Water bowls are available to keep furry friends cool and hydrated. Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025 Owners can relax poolside while their furry friends chase fountains, play fetch in the water and meet new doggie pals. Tiffani Jackson Skinner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025 There is even a Pet Pride Show at 12:20 p.m. for people to show off their furry friends. Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025 Then one day, good Samaritans made a furry discovery under their car. Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for furry
Recent Examples of Synonyms for furry
Adjective
  • Sienna Miller has been spotted rocking long boho blonde mermaid waves, while Suki Waterhouse has tried it out on her signature shaggy layers and bangs.
    Jeanne Ballion, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Nighy was even anxious seeing himself in character with a shaggy mane and an unusually long beard reflected back to his eyes on the & Sons set.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Flowers of the Cristata group look like hairy brains.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The heist and rescue – followed by a zookeeper’s lesson about the hairy, multilegged creatures – gave me a new respect for the spiders and the keepers at the Cincinnati Zoo and a fascinating story to share with our readers.
    Terry DeMio, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Signature items include spare ribs lacquered with red char siu glaze and five-spice duck legs with silky, luxurious dark meat beneath a shatteringly crisp skin.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The silky lotion protects with 10% zinc oxide, hydrates with jojoba seed and almond oils, and gets your skin ridiculously glowy with a rosy-beige tint.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Nest Cam 2-pack works indoors or outdoors, runs on batteries, and actually shows super clear HD footage instead of just fuzzy blobs.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That can translate into a workplace where expectations are fuzzy and leadership lacks direction.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Hares are also born fully furred and with their eyes open, a trait called precocial, whereas rabbits are born hairless, blind, and vulnerable, needing more parental care in the early stages of life.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • But the felt’s furred obscurity conjured novel mysteries.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • After their rough start to SEC play, the Razorbacks finished with an 8-10 conference record, good enough to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
    Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Despite its rough appearance, the system helped operators better judge distance and handle tasks more precisely.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Furry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furry. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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