How to Use jake in a Sentence

jake

noun

• The hunters had placed one jake and two hen decoys in the grass.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2020
• The only thing that’s not quiet about my neighborhood is the jake brakes from the trucks.
  — Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community, 25 May 2018
• The abundance of jakes can complicate things for hunters.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 12 Mar. 2020
• Once, when a basketball coach had forgotten a boy at the far end of the bench, jake walked over to him--like a man--and reminded him the boy had not played.
  — Southern Living, 13 May 2011
• Once, when a basketball coach had forgotten a boy at the far end of the bench, jake walked over to him--like a man--and reminded him the boy had not played.
  — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• The bird, a jake, then proceeded north to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame display.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2018
• The forecast is positive with a lot of jakes on the landscape, a product of a bountiful breeding season last year.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020
• Through a proprietary process that’s apt to see a lot more use in the coming years, Primos developers printed a jake’s photo over a molded foam body and head.
  — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 16 Mar. 2020
• The Gobbstopper combo includes a hen and jake duo that’s ready for any situation.
  — Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2020
• Hopefully those jake numbers will translate into hard gobbling 2-year-olds this spring.
  — Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life, 3 Feb. 2020
• In addition, the number of jakes (1-year-old males) in the harvest fell by 42%, indicating a decline in recruitment and a likely dip in the statewide turkey population.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2018
• Hunting gear currently available for rent includes a pop-up blind, layout blind, duck decoy set of 14 birds and a jake/hen turkey decoy combination.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2020
• That makes sense, since young jake turkeys tend to leave their families and stake out their own territories in the springtime, according to Bobbi Carpenter, a master’s student who studies turkeys at the University of Florida.
  — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2017
• The hunters had placed one jake and two hen decoys in the grass.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2020
• The only thing that’s not quiet about my neighborhood is the jake brakes from the trucks.
  — Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community, 25 May 2018
• The abundance of jakes can complicate things for hunters.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 12 Mar. 2020
• Once, when a basketball coach had forgotten a boy at the far end of the bench, jake walked over to him--like a man--and reminded him the boy had not played.
  — Southern Living, 13 May 2011
• Once, when a basketball coach had forgotten a boy at the far end of the bench, jake walked over to him--like a man--and reminded him the boy had not played.
  — Southern Living, 1 May 2017
• The bird, a jake, then proceeded north to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame display.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2018
• The forecast is positive with a lot of jakes on the landscape, a product of a bountiful breeding season last year.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020
• Through a proprietary process that’s apt to see a lot more use in the coming years, Primos developers printed a jake’s photo over a molded foam body and head.
  — Colin Moore, Outdoor Life, 16 Mar. 2020
• The Gobbstopper combo includes a hen and jake duo that’s ready for any situation.
  — Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2020
• Hopefully those jake numbers will translate into hard gobbling 2-year-olds this spring.
  — Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life, 3 Feb. 2020
• In addition, the number of jakes (1-year-old males) in the harvest fell by 42%, indicating a decline in recruitment and a likely dip in the statewide turkey population.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2018
• Hunting gear currently available for rent includes a pop-up blind, layout blind, duck decoy set of 14 birds and a jake/hen turkey decoy combination.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2020
• That makes sense, since young jake turkeys tend to leave their families and stake out their own territories in the springtime, according to Bobbi Carpenter, a master’s student who studies turkeys at the University of Florida.
  — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2017

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