How to Use box turtle in a Sentence

box turtle

noun

• Think of a drab box turtle basking on a rock at high noon.
  — Brad Balukjian, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2014
• Aquarist Bryan Danson took two snakes and two box turtles in the cab of his truck.
  — Marci Shatzman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• The three-toed box turtle is one of the most common turtles motorists will encounter in The Natural State.
  — Arkansas Online, 20 June 2022
• Biles also offers a sculpture of a little girl atop a box turtle in which the shell’s pattern has migrated to the child’s face and hands.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
• Students could touch an ornate box turtle and fox snake at one DNR exhibit.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 May 2018
• The wardens did find, however, two ornate box turtles and one red-eared slider.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 20 Dec. 2019
• Species like the ornate box turtle really suffer from that.
  — Fox News, 26 June 2019
• Why Trust Us? Frank, an Eastern box turtle, lives in my family’s backyard.
  — Mary Laura Philpott, Country Living, 8 Mar. 2023
• As part of the design, Herd includes images of the Yunnan box turtle, which was once thought to be extinct but has recently resurfaced.
  — Jon Niccum, kansascity, 14 June 2018
• An injured eastern box turtle was struggling across the street outside her house in Alexandria, Virginia.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Aug. 2022
• The interest in the ornate box turtles reaches beyond Illinois.
  — Fox News, 26 June 2019
• Tilcon is willing to relocate box turtles and other species whose habitats would be damaged or wiped out, according to Lenard.
  — Don Stacom, Courant Community, 26 June 2018
• The ornate box turtle is a land-dwelling turtle found between the Rockies and Mississippi River Valley.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 28 Feb. 2020
• Nothing quite says summer like a stroll along the water’s edge and finding a turn of turtles basking on a log or witnessing the slow and deliberate pace of an eastern box turtle.
  — Guest, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2015
• Gangemi was part of a syndicate of wildlife smugglers involved in the purchase and transportation of three-toed and western box turtles from Oklahoma to New Jersey.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2019
• The volunteer rescue treats turtles as big as 14-inch snapping turtles and as small as silver dollar-sized eastern box turtles.
  — Scottie Andrew and Nadeem Muaddi, CNN, 29 June 2019
• The lives of box turtles are long and generally spent in small geographical areas.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 5 May 2018
• On a recent Friday morning — on a day off from her paying job — Meyer sat down on her outdoor patio to tend to Tommy, an eastern box turtle whose toes were eaten off by mites.
  — Elise Takahama, The Seattle Times, 5 Aug. 2019
• Louisiana law prohibits the trade of box turtles – or box turtle eggs or parts – and forbids the taking of wild box turtles for commercial purposes.
  — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021
• Louisiana law prohibits the trade of box turtles – or box turtle eggs or parts – and forbids the taking of wild box turtles for commercial purposes.
  — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021
• Habitat destruction threatens the ornate box turtle’s survival in Iowa.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 7 June 2019
• The family also has a Russian tortoise, a couple of box turtles, some redfoot tortoises and a leopard tortoise.
  — Jennifer Bolton, Houston Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2019
• Julie Lisk, senior field biologist with the conservation department at Zoo New England, said the box turtle project started about six years ago.
  — Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2022
• Although most small mammals cannot get into a box turtle's shell a persistent coyote can eventually work its way through to the turtle underneath.
  — Arkansas Online, 20 June 2022
• The undercover agent who had first inquired about the turtles contacted the man again about Malaysian box turtles, which under an international treaty require a permit to ship.
  — Linda Satter, Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2019
• The National Wildlife Federation says that wildlife — including chipmunks, box turtles, toads and insects — rely on leaf layers to find food and habitat.
  — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2019
• Habitat loss, vehicle strikes, and collection for the pet trade have contributed to the box turtle’s decline, according to the National Wildlife Federation.
  — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021
• Authorities followed a tip that led them to Price's apartment, where the animals, including a squirrel monkey, a skink, three box turtles and two red-foot tortoises, were discovered.
  — Lilly Price, USA TODAY, 6 June 2018
• There are possession limits for other species such as box turtles and diamondback terrapins.
  — Kimberly Miller, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2020
• At least 18 threatened or endangered plant and animal species, including the ornate box turtle and regal fritillary butterfly, have been sighted here.
  — Rashod Taylor, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024