How to Use gray wolf in a Sentence

gray wolf

noun
  • The gray wolf was among the species assessed in the new study.
    Rachel Fritts, Science | AAAS, 28 July 2021
  • There are now more than 6,000 gray wolves in nine states.
    USA TODAY, 27 June 2019
  • The gray wolf was first put on the Endangered Species Act list in the 1970s.
    Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
  • In the 1970s, the U.S. listed the gray wolf as endangered.
    Christine Peterson, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The decision to delist the gray wolf was, in some ways, a long time coming.
    Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The gray wolf is believed to have been extirpated from the state in the 1920s.
    Suzanne Espinosa Solis, SFChronicle.com, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The Nez Perce give the gray wolf status equal to that of human beings.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Across the United States, there are roughly 6,000 gray wolves.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The Arctic wolf, also known as the white or polar wolf, is a subspecies of the gray wolf.
    Ralph P. Stuart, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Few animals in the U.S. draw as much adulation or ire as the gray wolf.
    Christine Peterson, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2020
  • There has been a long debate about whether the small canid is its own species or a hybrid between the gray wolf and the coyote.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 May 2017
  • The name comes from an Ojibwa word that means gray wolf, and a river that runs through town and alongside the trail still maintains the name.
    Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2018
  • Scott shot and killed a gray wolf while elk hunting in rural Union County on Oct. 27.
    The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Dire wolves were native to the Americas and larger than their cousins, the gray wolf.
    Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 25 May 2018
  • Born seven weeks ago at the Oakland Zoo, the gray wolf pups are thriving — all four are healthy and ready to explore their 2.3 acres of land.
    Eduardo Medina, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2019
  • In 1974, the gray wolf became one of the first species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
    Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The Mexican wolf is the rarest subspecies of gray wolf found in North America, the release said.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • In the 1800s, wild gray wolves loped amid thick Oakland forests on their descendants’ future zoo grounds.
    Eduardo Medina, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2019
  • Denver: The state has its first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 June 2021
  • According to a Facebook post from the zoo, the 11-year-old gray wolf had undergone surgery to remove a large mass on her chest.
    Dixita Limbachia, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
  • That blob of true nighttime darkness overlaps almost perfectly with the range of the gray wolf.
    Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021
  • And a gray wolf has been found dead after being hit by a car in California.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Colorado was once home to gray wolves, but they were eradicated in the state with the last ones killed by about 1940, according to CPW.
    Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 8 July 2019
  • The Arctic boasts other land predators, including the Arctic wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf, and the Arctic fox.
    National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The last common ancestor of the gray wolf and dire wolf lived about 5.7 million years ago, the researchers reported.
    Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
  • The title of second-longest migration goes to the gray wolf, the caribou’s predator.
    Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The three pups bring the total number of gray wolves in California to at least seven, and perhaps as many as 10.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The Mexican wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf, a smaller cousin of the wolves that were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1996.
    Cally Carswell, Science | AAAS, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The delisting generally opens the gray wolf to hunting and trapping.
    Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 29 Oct. 2020
  • But these frolicking gray wolf pups still merge and reemerge with mesmerizing weirdness.
    Tyler Remmel, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024

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