How to Use savanna in a Sentence

savanna

noun

• Past the many men on the side of the road selling hay savanna.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• Rain forests gave way to woodlands, and as the landscape opened up, the savanna emerged.
  — Jeff Goodell, Time, 6 July 2023
• But shadows of doubt hover over Dr. Rudolph like a canopy above the savanna.
  — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
• Imagine the scene: Arms tensed, bow flexed, a hunter on the African savanna draws in a slow breath as his prey moves into view.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2018
• When the Zoonomia team tallied the number of these genes in each species, the African savanna elephant took the top spot, with 4,199.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• Oak savanna is now one of the rarest ecosystems on our planet.
  — New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018
• This stretch travels through black oak savanna, with lupine and burly oaks.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2019
• The video shows guides tracking down an African savanna elephant for LaPierre, who then shoots and wounds it.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2021
• The city was built in a barren savanna, springing up from nothing in just a few years.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
• Savanna opened the day with a 3-1 win over Sierra Canyon in improving to 5-0 on the season.
  — Kenny Connolly, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2017
• The Cape buffalo guard the savanna, while the impalas and waterbucks graze among the trees.
  — Alex Shoumatoff, Smithsonian, 29 Mar. 2017
• As recently as the 1850s, the Willamette Valley was filled with lush oak savanna.
  — OregonLive.com, 13 June 2017
• Mike de Sisti and Chelsey Lewis From a small parking area at the top of the bluff, an unmarked trail leads through restored prairie and savanna to the tree line along the bluff top.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2018
• Dust forms in the Sahara desert and on the edge of the more lush Sahel — a narrow transition zone between desert to the north and savanna to the south — in north Africa.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 26 June 2020
• The airport also has agreed to build a trail through the savanna, which the forest preserve had been planning.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2022
• Africa’s dense rain forests turned into savannas and deserts.
  — Paul Manger, Quartz Africa, 28 June 2019
• The bird makes its home in grasslands and woodlands, as well as open savannas as long as there are nearby trees to roost in and build nests for its young.
  — National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2020
• At times, the drama falls flatter than an African savanna.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
• That seems straightforward enough for a prey animal trying to live through the night in the savanna.
  — Jessica Wapner, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2020
• But tens to hundreds of thousands of black rhinos roamed the plains and savannas of Africa prior to 1960, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2019
• By that point, much of the biome would transform from a forest to a drier and more degraded savanna biome.
  — Carlos Nobre, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
• At 110 acres, the safari grounds that are meant to transport guests to an African savanna make up the largest attraction in any Disney theme park in the world.
  — Bruce Pecho, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• The African lion, Panthera leo, plays a crucial role in the savanna ecosystem.
  — Christopher Bendana, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2018
• Park visitors now may see Ranger and his mother on the savanna.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• The Cerrado is a high savanna, with dry forests and shrub lands, and occupies a quarter of Brazil’s land area.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019
• The trees, found in savanna regions of Africa, Madagascar and Australia, can grow to be thousands of years old.
  — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 12 June 2018
• These creatures roam the open savanna together in search of prey.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2024
• Melanistic leopards living in the open savannas of Africa, where the cats hunt both night and day, are extremely rare.
  — National Geographic, 18 Dec. 2019
• Tropical savannas are the most flammable biome on the planet, burning as often as twice per year.
  — Christopher Roos, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Some of the world’s most recognizable animals, with their distinct ears, protruding tusks and large trunks, wild elephants are most often found in the savannas and deserts of Africa and Asia.
  — Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024