How to Use black bear in a Sentence

black bear

noun
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  • Since then, the young black bear has been in the refuge's care.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
  • And then, on Tuesday, Galante got an extremely close look at a black bear.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And the black bears had a block of ice embedded with watermelon and apples.
    — Sharon Kennedy Wynne, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024
  • In the cartoon, Roosevelt is refusing to shoot a cute, cuddly black bear cub.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
  • Her photos also show one of the wolves that originally attacked the calf before the black bears showed up to finish it off.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Plus, the John Muir Trail begins in the campground, and your chances of spotting a black bear are pretty high.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Every fall, black bears dramatically increase their calorie intake to fatten up before winter, the bear team said.
    — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Security camera footage captured a black bear with an apparent sweet tooth breaking into a Michigan chocolate shop.
    — Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Based on a true story reported in the New York Times, the story revolves around a drug runner who’s plane crashes with a load of cocaine that’s found by a black bear, who eats it.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 May 2022
  • Vacationers staying in Airbnbs and other short-term rentals also reportedly entice black bears by tossing raspberries and bacon strips off the decks of mountain cabins.
    — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The panoramic view and the black bear are sure sightings.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 2 June 2022
  • On a trip in 2018, our food pack was ripped to shreds by a black bear.
    — Times Insider Staff, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • In the northeast, floods can wake black bears from their dens.
    — WIRED, 25 July 2023
  • The dog then ran back out of the woods with a black bear chasing after it.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 July 2023
  • Think of this black bear as a late teenager in bear years.
    — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Where the bear was spotted The bear appears to be a young male black bear.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 June 2024
  • The region is filled with black bears, whales, and other wildlife species.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In the video, a small black bear is seen running along the cement wall in the Redmond back yard.
    — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022
  • The biggest adults could be more than ten feet long and weighed more than 600 pounds, about the size of an adult black bear.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 June 2023
  • The first grainy film clip shows a black bear exploding out of the trail camera’s frame.
    — WIRED, 8 July 2023
  • The area has deer, elk, black bear, wild turkeys and mountain lion.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • For most trail runners, bear spray is overkill in black bear country.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Deer, moose, black bears, beaver and fisher cats wander the forest floor.
    — David Sharp, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2023
  • If the outermost toe lands below that line, the track was likely made by a black bear.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Don’t climb trees: Grizzlies and black bears can also climb.
    — Helena Wegner, Idaho Statesman, 20 June 2024
  • Don’t climb trees: Grizzlies and black bears can also climb.
    — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024
  • Fruits, nuts, honey and meat could make a nice dinner for a black bear or a human.
    — Carin Leong, Scientific American, 6 June 2024
  • On the other side of the river, a black bear appeared lumbering along the water.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The island is teeming with wildlife; this is a place where black bears roam the forests and humpback whales can be spotted along the coast.
    — Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 28 May 2024
  • The black bear was found dead near a duffel bag and 40 packages of cocaine, ripped open and scattered over the hillside.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 3 Dec. 2022

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