How to Use black bear in a Sentence

black bear

noun
  • Since then, the young black bear has been in the refuge's care.
    Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
  • Moose, deer, elk, and, yes, brown and black bears roam the same trail.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The panoramic view and the black bear are sure sightings.
    Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 2 June 2022
  • On a trip in 2018, our food pack was ripped to shreds by a black bear.
    Times Insider Staff, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • The head and neck alone can weigh 600 pounds—more than a large black bear.
    Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2020
  • As for the black bear in the video above, though—what’s your best guess on its weight?
    Gerry Bethge, Field & Stream, 17 Feb. 2021
  • In the northeast, floods can wake black bears from their dens.
    WIRED, 25 July 2023
  • The source of the loud crash: a black bear and her three cubs entering the house through a door.
    Celina Tebor, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The dog then ran back out of the woods with a black bear chasing after it.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 July 2023
  • Think of this black bear as a late teenager in bear years.
    National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Signs along the highway warn of the predator that roams the forest: the Asian black bear.
    Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2021
  • Where the bear was spotted The bear appears to be a young male black bear.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2024
  • The video shows a smaller black bear running down the street in front of Tuck's car.
    charlotteobserver, 22 June 2018
  • There have been black bear sightings in all 21 of the state's counties.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The region is filled with black bears, whales, and other wildlife species.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Show attendees could pay for a chance to get in the cage with a live black bear.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Not just black bear and brown bear, but squirrel, bird.
    Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2021
  • In the video, a small black bear is seen running along the cement wall in the Redmond back yard.
    Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
  • This black bear was photographed in the foothills of the Huachuca Mountains.
    AZCentral.com, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Momma Tex, a 4- or 5-year-old black bear, was the first to freedom.
    Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The owner had once shot a black bear, legally, from a side door.
    The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The biggest adults could be more than ten feet long and weighed more than 600 pounds, about the size of an adult black bear.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2023
  • The first grainy film clip shows a black bear exploding out of the trail camera’s frame.
    WIRED, 8 July 2023
  • Moose, black bear, beaver and timber wolf can be seen in the greater Ely region.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 June 2021
  • The cougar hid the deer carcass again, but the following night a black bear arrived on the scene.
    Fox News, 25 July 2019
  • The same seller also had a six-month-old black bear at the going rate of $500.
    Meagan Hurley, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Getting within 40 yards of any black bear makes the hair on my neck stand up.
    Ben Romans, Outdoor Life, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Circus acts have been part of the mix for the last two decades, but the beloved North American black bears steal the show.
    Allen Lessels, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2019
  • One video showed a black bear pacing back and forth, unable to squeeze through.
    Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Don’t climb trees: Grizzlies and black bears can also climb.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2025

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