How to Use grizzly bear in a Sentence

grizzly bear

noun
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  • Then there were the Bengal tigers, the wolves, the grizzly bear.
    — Longreads, 17 May 2018
  • The last grizzly bear in Arizona was shot and killed in the 1930s.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2023
  • Colorado once had both, but the last grizzly bear in the state was killed in 1979.
    — Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2021
  • Nature at the end of the world is not a turtle but a grizzly bear.
    — Michael Robbins, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Are there any grizzly bears in Arizona? Not in the wild.
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2023
  • The top speed of a running grizzly bear is 35 miles per hour.
    — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2021
  • The author set out to kill an Alaskan grizzly bear with sticks and stone.
    — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 17 Nov. 2020
  • The Tetons are grizzly bear country and the shooters will be trained to use bear spray.
    — Mead Gruver, Star Tribune, 6 Aug. 2020
  • As adults, grizzly bears can weigh up to 500 pounds and stand up to 8 feet tall when on their hind legs.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 10 Sep. 2023
  • At the bottom of the pole, clutching a sockeye, is a grizzly bear.
    — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Scoops in the dirt are a sign that a grizzly bear has rooted out a ground squirrel.
    — Christopher Solomon, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Franklin told Storyful that the grizzly bear appeared from the trees at the top of the hill near Siyeh Bend.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • In 2021, a grizzly bear pulled a woman from her tent in a small Montana town in the middle of the night and killed her.
    — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Brown and grizzly bears are different names for the same species.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Quite a bit taller are the zoo’s grizzly bears, 9-year-old siblings Jackson and Cheyenne.
    — Robin Goist, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Male grizzly bears are the first to leave winter dens, Shideler said.
    — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Sow 101, a grizzly bear, has had a long and productive life.
    — Michael Nichols, National Geographic, 24 June 2019
  • Both black and grizzly bears call the national park home.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Just like that, a grizzly bear turned into what feels more like a teddy bear.
    — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The worker’s back is turned to a female grizzly bear creeping up just a few dozen feet away.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Rigby is a little grizzly bear of a pup — fat with lots of extra skin and large paws.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2020
  • On the way to the permafrost of the Alaskan tundra, eagle-eyed motorists may spot caribou, moose and grizzly bears along the road.
    — Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
  • Grand Teton National Park is home to both black and grizzly bears.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
  • Be prepared, take the bear ID test, and plan for hunting in areas that could have grizzly bears.
    — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The legend goes that Stephanie would often go grizzly bear on boxes of Pop-Tarts as a kid.
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 15 July 2021
  • Schuyler told me that the memory of the grizzly bear’s presence is written in the landscape of the North Cascades.
    — Corbin Reiff, Outside Online, 12 July 2024
  • Happy birthday to the man who snores louder than a grizzly bear.
    — Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The two grizzly bears symbolizes the state and its residents' courage and strength.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Austin Pfeiffer, 22, was killed Sunday by a grizzly bear in Wrangell-St.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2020
  • In other words, all grizzly bears are brown bears, but not all brown bears are grizzlies.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 13 Dec. 2023

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