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 ornate box turtle is the subject of fieldwork this week in western Lee County, part of the 15th year of a box turtle health survey — the largest and longest in North America, researchers say.
  — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2021
• 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
• A number of other species are benefiting from the growth of lupine and other plants in the area, including rare moths, butterflies, native bees, and reptiles such as the Eastern hognose snake and Eastern box turtle, officials said.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024