How to Use javelina in a Sentence

javelina

noun

• From there, the video took off faster than the javelina.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 27 Feb. 2020
• Rikki held out a handful of javelina and the bear’s nose twitched.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• Hits were the javelina (a not very attractive feral pig), bighorn sheep and the gray fox.
  — Joe Drape, New York Times, 12 June 2018
• The agency said a man was bitten by a javelina in Oak Creek Village near Sedona.
  — Robert Gundran, azcentral, 22 Mar. 2018
• Another javelina was found more than two weeks ago with an arrow in its face.
  — Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2021
• Far closer, a gang of 30 to 40 dark javelina barreled up a nearby arroyo.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 18 Oct. 2019
• Next in Golfo Dulce, keep your eyes peeled for javelinas, butterflies and hundreds of bird species.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2017
• A half-dozen javelinas, a kind of peccary, scampered in the thick undergrowth.
  — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2019
• Jordahl said, listing the species that traverse the border through the stream channels: antelopes, deer, coyotes, bears, bobcats, ocelots, javelina.
  — Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
• There were a few pigs, a couple javelinas, a smattering of turkeys, and two waterbucks that stared dolefully from the distance.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2023
• In Arizona Lundgren has even watched wild burros—whose ancestors hail from North Africa—dig water holes that are then used by coyotes, javelinas, bighorn sheep, and plants.
  — Bill Hatcher, National Geographic, 6 Oct. 2017
• While most of her day is still dedicated to Latin homework and javelina memes, she’s lately taken an interest in the newspapers splayed out on the kitchen table.
  — Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2020
• Coyotes, birds of prey, javelinas, bobcats, raccoons and opossums are among the animals at the facility.
  — Angel Mendoza, azcentral, 12 May 2018
• Earlier this month, a 58-year-old dog walker was treated for a broken leg after being blindsided and charged by a javelina in Tucson.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• Just eight months ago, a javelina tested positive for rabies in Sedona, according to the department.
  — Robert Gundran, azcentral, 22 Mar. 2018
• Some of the animals housed at the center include black bear cubs, coyotes, bobcats, raccoons, javelinas, skunks, rabbits, squirrels, foxes and porcupines.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 26 June 2019
• Big game animals, as defined by state law, include wild turkey, deer, elk, antelope, bighorn sheep, bison, javelina, bear and mountain lion.
  — Dustin Gardiner, azcentral, 27 June 2018
• Some of the animals cared for include bobcats, foxes, skunks, rabbits, black bear cubs, coyotes, bobcats, raccoons, javelinas and porcupines.
  — USA TODAY, 1 July 2019
• Boar-like javelinas congregated outside of a Arizona shopping center.
  — Seth Borenstein, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2020
• After being cited by park police for violating the site curfew, the individuals faced intensive scrutiny by the game wardens and eventually admitted to hunting hogs and killing a javelina.
  — Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 12 Jan. 2018

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