How to Use sloth bear in a Sentence

sloth bear

noun

• The babies are the first sloth bears born at the zoo in more than 30 years.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 31 May 2023
• The sloth bear has a grey/white snout and black shaggy fur.
  — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
• The cub, who was born in January, is the first sloth bear cub to be born at the zoo in 30 years.
  — Hannah Drown, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2019
• Adult sloth bears are missing their top two front teeth.
  — Fox News, 10 Mar. 2020
• The female sloth bear was headed to the water with her cub when the tiger attacked.
  — Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• The Philadelphia Zoo just got a bit cuter thanks to two sloth bear cubs that were born last month.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2023
• And then there are sloth bears, which mostly eat social insects.
  — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2023
• Malu wanted to see sloth bears, the national symbol, and howler monkeys.
  — Shoba Narayan, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2023
• Even the sun bear and sloth bear, both sometimes called honey bears, feed mostly not on the sweet stuff but on insects — including bees — and fruit.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2017
• Others in our group, including my husband, came upon a sloth bear inching its way along the roadside.
  — Lini S. Kadaba, Philly.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• All survived, but that could be because those who don’t survive sloth bear attacks don’t bother coming to the hospital.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2022
• And then there’s Yala National Park: home to shaggy, insect-eating sloth bears and one of the world’s highest population densities of leopards.
  — Laura Kiniry, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017
• There are also Asian elephants, peacocks, water buffalo, monkeys, and sloth bears.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Apprehended: Indian police have captured a man accused of killing sloth bears and poaching and trading tigers, the BBC reported.
  — National Geographic, 31 Oct. 2019
• Unwitting encounters are especially frequent with black bears and sloth bears in South Asia, whereas deliberate attacks by hungry bears are uncommon.
  — Daniel Lingenhöhl, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
• Easily navigable for visitors of all ages, the zoo’s attractions, in spacious surroundings, include lions, kangaroos, lemurs, river otters, sloth bears, and the zoo’s signature red pandas.
  — Loren King, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024