How to Use buffalo in a Sentence

buffalo

noun
  • The loss of our lake sturgeon has been much like the slaughter of the buffalo.
    Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2018
  • Place the wings in a bowl, cover with the warm buffalo sauce, and toss to evenly coat.
    Isadora Baum, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • In 2017 a guest was gored by a buffalo here while walking along the path between the tents at night.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Among the exhibits are two pigs and four dwarf buffalo.
    The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
  • They are smothered in a buffalo sauce and topped with blue cheese.
    BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2018
  • Mike, on a scale of Frank's buffalo sauce at one and pure capsaicin a 10, where on the scale is shatta?
    WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
  • While the buffalo is the anchor, the detailed series doesn’t linger on the bison.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And then there’s the Indian head nickel, which has got a buffalo on the back.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • No word yet whether Ross will build a fence to keep his buffaloes from roaming off-estate.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2023
  • It's made from full-grain buffalo leather for a unique, vintage look.
    Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2023
  • That’s $86 a person to fill up on wings in tangy buffalo sauce, chips with creamy queso, lots of beer and so much more.
    Emma Kumer, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The buffalo, zebras, and camels await on an up-close adventure at the 170-acre park.
    Verna Gates, al, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Which pairs best with buffalo chicken dip – a red or sparkling white?
    Patricia Madej, Philly.com, 9 May 2018
  • South Dakota is one of the best places in the country to see buffalo in action, so bring your camera.
    Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The tariff would apply to a wide range of products, from live buffalo and primates to T-shirts and shoes.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 20 June 2019
  • Two pigs and four miniature buffalo called anoas range across the cave art scene, the scientists said.
    Fox News, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Nearby, other hunters set on more buffaloes, as well as pigs.
    Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
  • The men carved up the buffalo, quickly reducing it to nothing but head, spine and guts.
    Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Among these critters are vampire moths, which can pierce the thick skins of buffalo and elephants.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The president’s defense in the farm scandal was that the cash at his farm was from the proceeds of the sale of buffaloes to a Sudanese businessman.
    John Eligon, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The therianthropes are hunting warty pigs and dwarf buffaloes called anoas using spears and ropes.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Her reaction to this horrific event was to try to make things better—for the buffaloes.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2022
  • And in storage are more of these animals, plus black bears, brown bears and buffalo.
    Andy Benoit, SI.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Souran was trying to sell elk and buffalo burgers, wild boar ribs, quail on a stick and venison-jalapeño cheese sausage.
    Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Jack Warner was a guy that pioneered the art of squeezing a nickel hard enough to make the buffalo keel over.
    Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 20 Apr. 2018
  • New York is not exactly a home where the buffalo roam, but Andrew Vladeck, a.k.a.
    Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Down below, Faiyaz Khan, the owner of a dairy plot, said this patch of land was once dense forest, perfect for his buffalo.
    New York Times, 10 June 2018
  • All those pressures drive away the antelope, buffalo, and other wildlife the Hadza hunt.
    Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 17 May 2018
  • This casual buffalo flannel can be worn as a top, a light layer, or tied around the waist.
    Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Hodder stopped underneath a tree called the Bison tree, which has a big burl 30 feet up its trunk that looks like a buffalo.
    Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 26 June 2018

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