How to Use eared in a Sentence

eared

adjective
  • Even the Marines are ready to fight for the northern long-eared bat.
    Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • The pointy-eared imp has even pulled off plenty of their own pranks on the dogs too.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Not all the books are in great shape – some are dog-eared or slightly frayed.
    Radhika Iyengar, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2021
  • Yes, that greasy, dog-eared document in the seat flap in front of you.
    Bucky McMahon, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015
  • Gone are the days of dusty travel agencies and dog-eared brochures.
    Fox News, 11 June 2017
  • There's a whole group of foxes, and also something called the maned wolf, and the bush dog, and the short-eared dog.
    National Geographic, 23 June 2020
  • About then a small group of eared grebes came floating by in the slow current of Rush Creek.
    Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Meet Van Gogh the dog, a one-eared canine with an eye for painting.
    CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
  • But almost a third of short-eared dog habitat could be lost by 2027.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2020
  • But fate threw back to the salty lake when her first job out of college turned out to be studying eared grebes on the lake.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2021
  • My copy is full of underlines, notes on the margins and dog-eared pages.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Some of the books are signed by Didion—but don’t expect to find dog-eared pages or notes in the margins.
    Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Is there one that is stained and dog-eared with little notes scribbled in the margins?
    The Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The Bible in the glass case has dog-eared pages, a worn cover and myriad notes and highlights.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The Parks are nice, though, sort of, in their condescending, tin-eared way.
    Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Two men, two benches, one table, two stools and one dog-eared deck of cards.
    Joanne Turnbull, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
  • Inga Cotton has learned to love the Zen of the red-eared slider turtle.
    René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The long-eared taxis have patience to spare, even with fidgety youngsters.
    Roger Naylor, azcentral, 26 June 2019
  • The Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Northern long-eared as threatened in 2015.
    John Flesher, ajc, 22 Mar. 2022
  • But Craig was his own guy, surly, hunky, bat-eared and unpredictably coiled.
    Michael Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The other, Rivet, is a wide-eyed, floppy-eared girl with blue fur.
    Reid McCarter, Wired, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Now, a new study shows how: by borrowing a gene from a jackrabbit, one of their long-eared cousins.
    Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 21 June 2018
  • Salukis, a graceful, long-eared breed, were a favorite hunting dog of the Egyptian pharoahs.
    Liz Langley, Animals, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Others, like the northern long-eared bat, have ranges spanning 37 states.
    Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 30 July 2019
  • In 2017, researchers got their first glimpse of short-eared dogs’ puppies on camera.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2020
  • Stock some koi, goldfish and even red-eared slider turtles in it.
    Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 18 May 2021
  • And an old, pointy-eared favorite makes a ghostly, thoughtful cameo.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The floppy-eared, playful dogs, ranging in age from two weeks to four years, were checked out and cleaned up by shelter staff.
    Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, 6 July 2021
  • Through the end of March, a one-eared painter named van Gogh is auctioning off his artwork for charity.
    Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Two brothers, aged around seven and nine, cowlicked and big-eared, accepted their hard hats and safety vests from the tour guides with bashful excitement.
    Sarah Miller, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2021

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