cub

noun \ ˈkəb \

|Updated on: 5 Jun 2018

Examples: cub in a Sentence

Definition of cub

1 a : a young carnivorous mammal (such as a bear, fox, or lion)

b : a young shark

2 : a young person

3 : apprentice; especially : an inexperienced newspaper reporter

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Examples of cub in a Sentence

the kind of big story that can propel a cub reporter into the stratosphere of the newspaper world
assigned to teach a bunch of young cubs how to play baseball

Recent Examples of cub from the Web

The buffalo wasted no time before charging after the young cub.

— richie hertzberg, National Geographic, "Buffalo Gives the Horns to a Young Lion Cub," 30 May 2018
Bearizona adopted two four-month-old cubs after they were rescued from a 75-foot tree.

— robert gundran, azcentral, "After mama black bear is killed, orphaned cubs taken to Bearizona," 30 May 2018
Traditionally, cars have posed the greatest threat to the area’s grizzly population: In 2016, 399’s cub was killed by a hit-and-run driver; last year, 56 grizzlies died in the Greater Yellowstone area, most of them hit by cars.

— alex postman, Condé Nast Traveler, "There Could be a Grizzly Bear Trophy Hunt Around Yellowstone National Park This Fall," 25 May 2018
Defensive attacks by black bears, typically females protecting cubs, are said to be more rare.

— lisa gutierrez, kansascity, "Skull fractured by a bear, this 'fierce' wildlife worker hiked two miles to safety | The Kansas City Star," 22 May 2018
Border patrol agents in Texas made an unusual discovery -- a tiger cub in a duffel bag.

— natalie dreier, ajc, "U.S. Border Agents discover tiger smuggled in duffel bag from Mexico," 2 May 2018
Lady Amelia has a tattoo of three bear cubs to honor her siblings, according to a profile in W magazine.

— kate storey, Town & Country, "Who Is the 'Most Beautiful Royal,' Lady Amelia Windsor?," 14 May 2018
The two cubs bonded and played together, to the delight of Safari Park visitors.

— bradley j. fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Permanent home found for smuggled tiger cub Moka," 14 May 2018
The midfielder was fined earlier this year by his cub Lokomotiv for insulting a doping control officer and there seems no way back for him.

— jonathan wilson, SI.com, "In or Out? Big Names Whose World Cup Fate Hangs in the Balance," 11 May 2018

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