How to Use possum in a Sentence

possum

noun
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  • There was a possum struck and killed by a car, but the babies in her pouch survived.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 2018
  • The possum was removed from the roadway, the report said.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2020
  • There has been a steady supply of dogs and cats, possums and raccoons to pick up.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2019
  • The researchers had a hunch that the possum suffered a brutal fate.
    — Bill Kearney South Florida Sun-Sentinel (tns), al, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The rescue team headed to the possum's location on the mooring close to the pier.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • But a bear and possum barbecue for the whole city to ransack?
    — Josie Sexton, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Then the tourist screams and dives on the ground, presumably playing possum.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • As the camera pans up and down on the dead possum in the middle of the machine, Rogen yells in disgust.
    — Kate Stanhope, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 June 2018
  • There are no bears in New Zealand; in fact, the largest predator of any kind in New Zealand is the possum.
    — Longreads, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The rest were stored in a shed, where weather—and possums—destroyed all but a few hundred.
    — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2023
  • See if the blue death-feigning beetle will do its possum trick in your open palm.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
  • Celtics coach Brad Stevens, clearly playing possum, said the Nets are the clear favorite to win it all.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • The one after that showed a possum plodding into and through some hedges.
    — Ryan Bradley, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Her old fence is falling, and the other day a possum entered her yard.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The rare animal looks more like a cute cross between a squirrel and a possum than like a rat.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The rare animal looks more like a cute cross between a squirrel and a possum than a large rat.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 Sep. 2017
  • And now, the possum has become something of a hero for being anti-work.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Adams rushed up with his knife, but Foster panicked and forgot to play possum, as Adams had told him to do.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018
  • Neither were the rats spotted earlier gnawing on the carcass, or a possum seen in the area.
    — Rob O'Dell, azcentral, 5 July 2018
  • Every few days, Wood, his wife and their two toddlers watch video of skunks, possum, a hawk and not one but two foxes that visit the home.
    — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The two men spotted this huntsman spider (which is about the size of a large adult's hand) hanging from the top of the door with a dead pygmy possum hanging from its fangs.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 30 June 2019
  • The hutch got its name for two reasons, First, because of surprise possum squatters.
    — Cathy Jakicic, Journal Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The border capos go by handles such Tlachuache, or possum.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
  • One wrestler's grand entrance involves a fierce-looking dead possum that flies into the arena strapped to a drone.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • People in cities can’t seem to tell the difference between a possum and a house cat, for example.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 20 June 2018
  • And guerrilla groups in Iraq have played possum for months, only to rise again; hell, that’s part of the nature of an insurgent threat.
    — Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2007
  • Beyond all that, pace yourself, drink plenty of water and avoid that possum stew.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2022
  • Or possums and raccoons could burst out from underneath it.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The police evidence room has also seen the likes of possums and mold, the station reported.
    — Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
  • In addition to dogs, PGC is most concerned for the safety of bears and critters like possums, raccoons, foxes, and coyotes, as well as birds of prey.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 May 2024

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