How to Use Paul Bunyan in a Sentence

Paul Bunyan

noun
  • Big Axe Brewing, a charming northern nod to Paul Bunyan, is another great spot in town.
    Katy Spratte Joyce, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2023
  • There was a restaurant about 15 miles away with a Paul Bunyan statue out in front.
    Julia A. Morales, Seventeen, 1 Mar. 2023
  • If Paul Bunyan had a panfish sidekick, this would be it.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2022
  • And then there's that whole Paul Bunyan, lumberjack look.
    Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2021
  • The thing was massive, the size of Paul Bunyan, if Bunyan were (a) a real person and (b) slightly better dressed.
    Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Based on a local legend about a boy who battles a bear (a tale with echoes of both Hercules and Paul Bunyan), the festival is in its 45th year.
    Bert Archer, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Wisconsin also arrives on Nov. 25 to try to take back Paul Bunyan’s Axe.
    Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Cedar Crest will produce Paul Bunyan as a feature flavor for July.
    Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Barnes also stopped by a Paul Bunyan statue in Atlanta, Illinois.
    Fox News, 22 June 2022
  • Frontier tales tell of burly lumberjacks hurling axes to split trees (think Paul Bunyan).
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2023
  • As always, the winner of the annual rivalry game will be awarded the Paul Bunyan Trophy.
    Jordan Davis, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023
  • Within the pantheon of American folk heroes, no figure walks taller than Paul Bunyan.
    Time, 23 June 2023
  • Heck, even the academic decathlon teams playing for Paul Bunyan’s Pencil.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023
  • Russell was one of the game’s great originary figures, its brightest early star, a kind of Adam and a kind of Paul Bunyan, his litany of accomplishments absurd in its length and fable-like texture.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Disney told stories of folk heroes (Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan), princes and princesses, and even, occasionally, a mouse, all while leading the pack on ever-shifting technologies.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023

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