How to Use den in a Sentence
- He spent most evenings in the den reading and smoking his pipe.
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Bear-lin, or Bear’s den, or Burr-lin, and the bear at the door.
—Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
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Fruit and vine patterns in the kitchen, plaid in the den, florals in the guest room.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
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The shadow thrown up the wall of a Nepalese drinking den.
—Simon Ingram, Town & Country, 30 June 2023
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In the northeast, floods can wake black bears from their dens.
—WIRED, 25 July 2023
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On the other side of the kitchen is a den that doubles as a media room.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
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If not on the kitchen table, surely on the snack table in the den next to his chair in front of the TV.
—Ellyn Laub, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
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The groundhog appeared to live under the shed and in a den behind the garden.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
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Out of frame is a fireplace and a door to a small office or den that leads out to the terrace.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2023
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The two furnished model units have a bedroom and a den.
—Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
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Nighttime is the right time, as the big fish will leave their dens and come out searching for a meal.
—Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2023
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The bear to wake up and emerge from their den last will win March Napness and earn the title of the Sleepiest Bear of 2024.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
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In the clip, a mother polar bear emerges from her den with her two young cubs.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
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Mobster Bugsy Siegel is said to have run a gambling den out of the property in the 1930s.
—Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023
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These candy displays are great for the den or movie room and bring a little bit of the theater to the house.
—Milan Polk, Men's Health, 30 Sep. 2022
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Den The den also serves as a guest bedroom and screening room.
—Kristen Flanagan, House Beautiful, 27 Feb. 2023
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Police said the group has started fires to smoke the foxes out of their dens and set their dogs on them.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2023
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What’s more, if the den roof is too thick, the technology can’t pick up the heat inside.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2023
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The office/den has a pocket door and a big closet but no window.
—Benjamin C. Tankersley, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
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The mother then takes the babies, one by one, to an alternate den.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
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In the meantime, the zoo is livestreaming video from the happy family’s den from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 10 Dec. 2022
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Male grizzly bears are the first to leave winter dens, Shideler said.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2023
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So the males who are mated protect the den from intruders.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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Scherff suggests putting it in an open closet to create a makeshift den.
—Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
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As soon as a bear leaves the den in the spring, though, food becomes its primary focus.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
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The countertops are made from the leftover soapstone and the cabinets are painted the same blue as is in the den.
—Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
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Learn about the outlaws who were hanged at the courthouse and what went on in China Mary’s opium den, just for starters.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
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Sows with big 2 1/2-year-old cubs will also be getting out of a crowded den.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
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The first-level of the penthouse units has a bathroom between the bedroom and den and a powder room near the living area.
—Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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Detroit Free Press Coyote hunting is now prohibited in Michigan for three months out of the year − when pups are in the den and still dependent on their parents.
—Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
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Most of the 11 collared bears denned in Chugach State Park.
—Author: Rick Sinnott | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2018
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This year, Lewis was on a mission to find out if the fishers were denning.
—Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 29 June 2017
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The Delaney Marble Bar Console is the best bar cart to add a pop of gold to your kitchen, dining room, or den.
—Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
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Little One's mate, Anana, has been denning since Nov. 1.
—Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 13 Dec. 2019
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Check-ins are handled in the communal dining room and den where a woman, who is the cook, hands over an antique key.
—David Segal, New York Times, 1 May 2023
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Starting in October and November, around when temps drop to freezing at night, the bears den up for about six months.
—Erin Berger, Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2018
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These lobsters did not choose to den alone, the scientists suspected: they were being shunned.
—Scientific American, 1 July 2020
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In March of 2023, she was discovered denning under a residence in South Lake Tahoe along with her cubs.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
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Because of sea ice loss, increased numbers of pregnant female bears now den on land, with much of that occurring on the coastal plain.
—Bill Sherwonit, Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Oct. 2017
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The second floor has a mezzanine loft-style office or den overlooking the living room.
—Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
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The Wyoming plan also includes a no-hunt buffer zone in a region east of Grand Teton where several bears adored by photographers and tourists are known to roam and den.
—Karin Brulliard, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
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The birds live and den in the cactus, using holes created by woodpeckers and other animals.
—Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2022
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The rapid habitat changes are already affecting their behavior; with the sea ice retreating quickly, some of the bears now have to swim long distances in order to find places to den.
—New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
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Avoid areas where coyotes may be denning or feeding/hiding pups.
—Daily News Staff, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2017
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That included the use of snares, nets, and traps, hunting wolves or coyotes during their denning season, baiting bears, and using aircraft to hunt bears.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2018
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The second floor has a mezzanine loft-style office or den overlooking the living room, plus a carpeted bedroom and a full bath with laundry.
—Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
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Shirley den Hartog, his business partner, said the death, in a hospital, was caused by complications of a recent lung transplant.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
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With sea ice diminishing due to a warming climate, increasing numbers of polar bears are denning in the coastal plain.
—Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2018
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Male grizzlies have actually been known to kill denning female polar bears, even when the females were bigger.
—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023
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Agency officials said some areas of the Rocky Mountains will retain enough snow in a warming world for wolverines to successfully den and breed.
—Matthew Brown, ajc, 1 Nov. 2021
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To find snow that will last that long into spring, wolverines typically den at elevations of 7,000 feet or higher.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
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Using a pup-in-distress call for coyote hunting plays on a coyote’s territorial and parental instincts and works well in the spring when coyotes are denning.
—Jay Cassell, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023
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The team also found no difference between populations of mountain-dwelling snakes that den together in the winter and lowland snakes that spend the winter alone.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
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In the winter, the animals will den underground, commonly returning to the same spot year after year, and often commune there with other snake species, such as rat snakes and rattlesnakes.
—National Geographic, 22 July 2019
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Foxes, in particular, were boldly venturing into his yard and denning under the homes of his neighbors.
—Amanda Long, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
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Encircle the bottom of your porch with fencing to prevent animals from denning underneath.
—Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2019
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The first floor includes a grand salon that flows into a library and den, as well as a formal living room, sitting area, and formal dining area, which features stained glass windows and linenfold paneling.
—Olivia Jakiel, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
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In fact, as long as a bear isn’t experiencing an energy deficit—when foraging requires more energy than the forage itself provides—bears don’t need to den.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
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Typically, black bears enter their dens in October, with most brown bears denning by November, Battle said.
—Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2019
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Urban animals den in parks and in seldom frequented areas between houses.
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022
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