How to Use gray wolf in a Sentence

gray wolf

noun

• The gray wolf was among the species assessed in the new study.
  — Rachel Fritts, Science | AAAS, 28 July 2021
• There are now more than 6,000 gray wolves in nine states.
  — USA TODAY, 27 June 2019
• The gray wolf was first put on the Endangered Species Act list in the 1970s.
  — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
• In the 1970s, the U.S. listed the gray wolf as endangered.
  — Christine Peterson, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2020
• The decision to delist the gray wolf was, in some ways, a long time coming.
  — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 2 Aug. 2021
• The gray wolf is believed to have been extirpated from the state in the 1920s.
  — Suzanne Espinosa Solis, SFChronicle.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• The Nez Perce give the gray wolf status equal to that of human beings.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
• Across the United States, there are roughly 6,000 gray wolves.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2019
• The Arctic wolf, also known as the white or polar wolf, is a subspecies of the gray wolf.
  — Ralph P. Stuart, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2020
• Few animals in the U.S. draw as much adulation or ire as the gray wolf.
  — Christine Peterson, National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2020
• There has been a long debate about whether the small canid is its own species or a hybrid between the gray wolf and the coyote.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 May 2017
• The name comes from an Ojibwa word that means gray wolf, and a river that runs through town and alongside the trail still maintains the name.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2018
• Scott shot and killed a gray wolf while elk hunting in rural Union County on Oct. 27.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• Dire wolves were native to the Americas and larger than their cousins, the gray wolf.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 25 May 2018
• Born seven weeks ago at the Oakland Zoo, the gray wolf pups are thriving — all four are healthy and ready to explore their 2.3 acres of land.
  — Eduardo Medina, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2019
• In 1974, the gray wolf became one of the first species protected under the Endangered Species Act.
  — Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2020
• The Mexican wolf is the rarest subspecies of gray wolf found in North America, the release said.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
• In the 1800s, wild gray wolves loped amid thick Oakland forests on their descendants’ future zoo grounds.
  — Eduardo Medina, SFChronicle.com, 5 July 2019
• Denver: The state has its first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 June 2021
• According to a Facebook post from the zoo, the 11-year-old gray wolf had undergone surgery to remove a large mass on her chest.
  — Dixita Limbachia, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2019
• That blob of true nighttime darkness overlaps almost perfectly with the range of the gray wolf.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Nov. 2021
• And a gray wolf has been found dead after being hit by a car in California.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2021
• Colorado was once home to gray wolves, but they were eradicated in the state with the last ones killed by about 1940, according to CPW.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 8 July 2019
• The Arctic boasts other land predators, including the Arctic wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf, and the Arctic fox.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2020
• The last common ancestor of the gray wolf and dire wolf lived about 5.7 million years ago, the researchers reported.
  — Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
• The title of second-longest migration goes to the gray wolf, the caribou’s predator.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• The three pups bring the total number of gray wolves in California to at least seven, and perhaps as many as 10.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2019
• The Mexican wolf is a subspecies of gray wolf, a smaller cousin of the wolves that were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1996.
  — Cally Carswell, Science | AAAS, 27 Sep. 2017
• The delisting generally opens the gray wolf to hunting and trapping.
  — Jennifer Bjorhus, Star Tribune, 29 Oct. 2020
• But these frolicking gray wolf pups still merge and reemerge with mesmerizing weirdness.
  — Tyler Remmel, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024