How to Use grizzly in a Sentence
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But then the games started and West would give one of those grizzly head nods for a cut.
—Anthony Slater, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2017
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Of the 15 animals listed, grizzly bears came in first place of least likely to kill at 6%.
—Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
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Tigers, black and grizzly bears, mountain lions and ferrets were the first to receive the first of two doses.
—CBS News, 3 July 2021
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The agency recommended no changes to the status of grizzly bears in the Lower 48.
—Sara Smart, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021
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As the prairies were plowed, grizzly bears retreated into the mountains.
—Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 22 Jan. 2021
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Tigers, black and grizzly bears, mountain lions and ferrets were the first to receive the first of two doses; next are primates and pigs.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 7 July 2021
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We were told to be very careful because grizzly bears liked those willows.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 8 Dec. 2020
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It’s not uncommon to encounter deer, bighorn sheep, mountain goats and, yes, black and grizzly bears.
—Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2022
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My dad always joked that grizzly scat contains hikers’ bear bells.
—Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022
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The house where Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother famously met a grizzly end is now on sale for $2 million.
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2021
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The nonprofit was founded by the Seuses in 1990 to promote the protection and restoration of grizzly habitats in North America.
—Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021
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Jeff explained that, because of the threat of grizzly bears — of which there are as many as 350 within the park — we were required to cook and eat our meals beneath a communal pavilion next to a locked room for food storage.
—Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2021
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From grizzly bears to orca whales, at least 137 different species depend on the marine-rich nutrients that wild salmon provide.
—Jordan Strickler, Forbes, 11 June 2021
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Herschel Island is home to moose, musk oxen and caribou; the site is one of the few places where black, polar and grizzly bears share the same habitat, per Smithsonian magazine.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2020
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Kelce showed up to practice on Monday with a clean-shaven look — a different look from his grizzly beard appearance people are accustomed to.
—oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2021
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Smoliga found that, adjusted for body mass, competitive hot dog eaters can eat more in ten minutes than grizzly bears and coyotes.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2020
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Alaska is a unique place — record breaking temperatures below zero, summer nights where the sun doesn’t set, grizzly bears on your morning walk.
—Meghan Sullivan, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2021
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While it shouldn't be treated at this point as anything but a pleasant blip during an otherwise grizzly season for both Sano and the Twins, Sano's display almost single-handedly won the game for the Twins.
—Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 19 May 2021
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Prosecutors have arrested and charged dozens of rioters for their part in the grizzly battle inside the Lower West Terrace tunnel.
—Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN, 24 Dec. 2021
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Questionable animal fathers include grizzly bears that eat their young when food is scarce, and lions that primarily stand guard and look tough while female lions venture out to hunt and kill.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 19 June 2022
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The film’s climactic scene involves Birdie ordering one of his players to avenge the team’s championship loss to Kyle’s team by shooting him moments after the game is finished, a grizzly consequence reflective of a cutthroat world.
—Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 29 July 2022
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The grizzly aftereffects are immediately apparent as the other woman frantically calls 911, but to no avail as the woman bleeds out to her death.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 20 July 2022
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When the summer staff flies off to leave a skeleton crew behind all is well, but after an unexpected radio silence, tensions are high as the helicopter returns in spring only to discover a grizzly scene.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
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The statement urged people living in grizzly country to store garbage in bear-resistant containers, keep other potential food inaccessible to bears, keep bird feeders at least 10 feet off the ground and not plant fruit trees.
—CBS News, 10 Nov. 2021
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In Ecuador, Tuesday’s violence, which included grizzly mutilations by inmates who recorded the acts with cellphones, rattled a nation that has seen an increase in prison violence in recent years.
—Ryan Dube, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
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With a changing climate, scientists like him increasingly are tracking huckleberries that are an important food source for grizzly bears and other wildlife and coveted by people as well.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2022
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Led by Lauren Henson, a University of Victoria doctoral student, the researchers examined hair from grizzly bears collected over 11 years.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Aug. 2021
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In Yellowstone National Park, for instance, reintroduction of grizzly bears and wolves resulted in a redistribution of elk from riverbanks, allowing vegetation and birds to come back to those areas.
—oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2020
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These management practices have demonstrated low success rates for grizzly hunters, with positive effects on the ungulate populations and very strong bear populations.
—Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2020
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