How to Use black bear in a Sentence

black bear

noun

• Moose, deer, elk, and, yes, brown and black bears roam the same trail.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
• Playing dead may dissuade a grizzly or brown bear, but never play dead around a black bear.
  — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
• If you are attacked by a black bear, fight back and use your backpack to shield your vital organs.
  — Laken Brooks, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
• Wildlife officialssay black bear attacks against humans are rare, and that the bears are typically shy.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2021
• The black bear was killed in rural Pennsylvania in November of last year.
  — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
• If attacked by a black bear, rangers strongly recommend fighting back with any object available and remember that bears may view you and your pets as prey.
  — Karen Chávez, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2021
• Drew was hosted on a black bear hunt on the Quinalt Indian Nation in 2015.
  — oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2021
• Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks workers later trapped and euthanized a subadult female black bear.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
• In March, a western Pennsylvania woman was seriously injured by a black bear after letting her dog outside.
  — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2024
• Three black bear cubs rescued from fires burning in Northern California are keeping each other company at a wildlife rescue and burn center in Auburn.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021
• Since then, the young black bear has been in the refuge's care.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 2 May 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 owner had once shot a black bear, legally, from a side door.
  — The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 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
• While black bear attacks are rare, the bear is looking for food and can see you as prey.
  — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
• At 6 feet long and 220 pounds, Castoroides ohioensis was about the size of a modern black bear.
  — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Don’t climb trees: Grizzlies and black bears can also climb.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 5 June 2024

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024