How to Use deer in a Sentence

deer

noun
  • The clip ends with the deer standing up and sprinting off into the woods while firefighters look on.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • This deer is not the first animal to accidentally end up in the sewer.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Mule deer in Wyoming spend 95% of their time at stopover areas, according to the report.
    Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Instead, the Wampanoag Indians would have brought lobsters, deer meat, clams, and eels.
    Ashley Leath, Country Living, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The facility is also home to cows, deer, and pigs, among other animals.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 16 Oct. 2022
  • An abundance of these signposts should indicate a consistent presence of deer.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
  • More:100 years ago there wasn't a single deer or turkey in southern Wisconsin, and few geese.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
  • During this time, hunters could spot deer and other game more easily because fields had recently been reaped under the harvest moon.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The estimated thirty-six million wild deer in the United States have an average life span of about four and a half years.
    Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Catching Burmese pythons — an invasive species in Floridas known to eat alligators and deer — in the act of eating is often difficult.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Early on, in the ’70s, days were spent building: constructing homes from scraps, developing a spring for running water, planting a garden and building a fence to keep the deer out.
    Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Teigen and daughter Luna Simone, 6, appeared in the photos in matching deer costumes, posing sweetly with their faces also painted.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
  • To get to the corn, the deer have to shove their faces between the rollers.
    Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 19 July 2023
  • On the trails, be on the lookout for deer, moose, and black bears.
    Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But the deer and the bunny don't have any plans to part ways.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • There are deer and birds and the sound of crickets all around.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • When the deer found its way to the door, a man opened it to let the animal.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • It had been stained brown by deer mice, who did use it.
    Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The two hunters noticed that the deer had shifted its approach to the pond.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Moose are the largest species of deer, and males can weigh up to 1,800 pounds and reach over six feet tall.
    Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Jeff: That is like a deer in the headlights question for me.
    How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 22 June 2023
  • There's just something about seeing the deer and the wild turkeys and the elk.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The only way to truly learn how to skin a deer is, well, to skin a deer.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The area near the mine used to be prime habitat for wild turkey and deer.
    Wudan Yan, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Put on some sunscreen and drive north, first on the I-15 and then, watching out for deer, the 93.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • That’s a 10-foot-tall fence to protect our stock from deer graze.
    John Benson, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Back in the woods, Lottie has her first vision since the crash: a deer with bloody antlers.
    Madison Feller, ELLE, 24 Mar. 2023
  • There are elk and bear, kestrels and ravens, tall grasses and deer, and trout in deep, cool pools.
    Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Then the 4-pointer ran out of the cover, followed by a young deer.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Big-game hunters use them for blood-trailing deer and elk.
    Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023

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