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
  • 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 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
  • While black bear attacks are rare, the bear is looking for food and can see you as prey.
    Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
  • The fat from a black bear would have been of upmost importance, too.
    Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The black bear's death took place on the roadway near the city of Townsend, a city in Blount County about 30 miles southeast of Knoxville.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • At 6 feet long and 220 pounds, Castoroides ohioensis was about the size of a modern black bear.
    Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
  • On April 10, the park tweeted a video of a black bear grazing on grass near Yosemite Village.
    Fox News, 15 Apr. 2020

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