How to Use mandrill in a Sentence

mandrill

noun
  • The devil and the mandrill try to kiss, in costume, which is weirder still.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2021
  • What is a mandrill and why is the species population declining?
    — Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Milly, for example, was second from bottom in the mandrill pecking order.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2011
  • Its first contestant, a former pro-volleyball player masked as a mandrill, provides an answer.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2021
  • While this male mandrill may look unfriendly, mandrills are social animals that live in large groups in Africa's rainforests.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • One stick held mandrill feces full of parasites, another mostly parasite-free poop.
    — National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2017
  • Baby mandrills nurse for anywhere from six to 12 months and remain close to their mothers even after weaning, according to the release.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The old mandrill has completely lost his walking staff/weapon in the beginning of the movie and instead has to rely on red roots to create a powder to smear on Simba’s head.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 23 July 2019
  • At the other extreme, mandrill monkeys of western Africa live in hordes of several hundred individuals.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2019
  • Phoenix Zoo's beloved mandrill Nikki is known by staff and visitors for her strong, independent and dominant attitude.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2024
  • The mandrill’s tale starts with a young Mufasa (Braelyn Rankins) and a flood that violently separates him from his parents.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Herds of angry ostriches and mandrills are added for danger, even though the special effects are hardly seamless, often looking jerky and manipulated at key moments.
    — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Though there are tiny apes (the gibbon, at under 20 pounds) and large monkeys (the mandrill, up to 80 pounds), apes are generally larger and require a lot more calories.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Often mistaken for baboons, mandrills are strikingly distinct in appearance.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Nikki turned 37 in January, even though mandrill monkeys typically do not live past their early twenties, according to the zoo.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2024
  • Fortunately, in mandrills as in humans, social avoidance generally doesn’t last forever.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 13 Apr. 2017
  • As Rafiki, the mandrill who is healer, sage and shaman, Zama sings in a powerful voice, gives Simba a crucial pep talk and pulls off several delightful comic bits.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2020
  • The ride sees guests sitting in the arms of a mandrill while dodging jungle hazards before rocketing to the summit of the 55ft tall Jaguar Shrine – and then travelling the track backwards.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 14 May 2023
  • According to a description of the ride, Mandrill Mayhem will sweep visitors around World of Jumanji in the arms of a mandrill while dodging hazards of the jungle.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Rafiki, in the film a male mandrill (often referred to as a baboon), became female for the stage version; Nala, a childhood friend of Simba, was made more forceful, and the strength and centrality of lionesses to the pride was emphasized.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Nikki, Victoria's half-sister, is the oldest mandrill in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums population.
    — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The attention to detail is exquisite, from Timon’s jittery hands and random scratching fits to the water droplets hanging off the whiskers of wise mandrill Rafiki (John Kani) during a torrential rainstorm.
    — Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2019
  • After taking swabs from mandrill sternal glands, researchers genotyped each sample to determine the monkey's major histocompatibility complex (MHC)--a unique genetic signature related to the animal's immune system.
    — Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2010

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