How to Use boar in a Sentence

boar

noun

• The boar tipped the scale at 286 pounds, huge but short of their goal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020
• On the last drive of the last day, a boar escaped the drive with a string of dogs in tow.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
• But boars, sows and piglets have been spotted up and down the road.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Some are in heat and ready to breed with one of the Chinese Meishan boars.
  — Casey Smith, Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2019
• Some small boars were running in front of me through the brush but were too quick for a shot.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
• Here the earth had been torn up by a sounder of foraging boars.
  — National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2016
• Use a flat boar bristle brush to help smooth out any bumps on top.
  — Jennifer Tzeses, Woman's Day, 19 Aug. 2013
• The serving of the boar symbolized the triumph of good over evil.
  — Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019
• This handy horn by Knight & Hale mimics the distress calls of a young hog and the sounds of fighting boars.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 13 Jan. 2020
• Once browned, remove the boar to a plate and add the onions, paprika, caraway and a pinch of salt.
  — Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 13 July 2021
• Or spray it lightly on a boar bristle brush and brush through.
  — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 8 Feb. 2018
• The biggest boars, like runner-up Chunk, are well over 1,200 pounds.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• The young boar fled alone while the sow ran in circles, crashing through the woods, trying to evade this new boar.
  — Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
• Italy wouldn’t be the first country to take the wild boar matter into its own hands.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 9 May 2024
• Slaying a boar for the feast symbolized the role of the birth of Christ in defeating evil.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2022
• In the early 1900s, wild Eurasian boars were brought to the U.S. for recreational hunting.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2023
• Sometimes a parent will hide in the bushes and make sounds like a wild Dutch boar to scare the kids for fun, but that’s about it.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• The constant running meant that the meat of that time (boar, deer, or large birds) would perfectly cook the meat.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• That afternoon the dogs struck another bear, a young boar, and treed it far from the road.
  — Hal Herring, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2020
• But the boar, at the farthest distance, allowed for a comeback.
  — Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2017
• The larger single boars are likely to be the first bears moving.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
• But what makes these wild German boars so radioactive in the first place?
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
• Our would-be managers and planners are, in fact, useless as teats on a boar hog.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 4 Feb. 2020
• Ragù de Cinghiale (wild boar) is popular in the hills to the south of Siena where wild game is plentiful.
  — Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2017
• Within the flowers are a lion, a unicorn, and a boar, pulled from the coats of arms of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Apr. 2023
• There is also a buffet of foie gras, boar’s head, venison, and salmon trout.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2017
• Return the boar and any accumulated liquid to the pot, and turn the heat down to low.
  — Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 13 July 2021
• The boar, bigger and wilder than expected, kills the hunting dogs.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Sep. 2022
• Don’t go hunting and eating the wild boars of Germany and Austria.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2023
• The originator of the sport, according to Ovid anyway, was Nestor, one of the Argonauts, who came up with the idea while being charged by the Calydonian boar.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024