How to Use coyote in a Sentence

coyote

noun
  • This coyote wasn't wily enough to go against Kevin the cat.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Oct. 2021
  • In the blink of an eye, the coyote grabbed her in broad daylight.
    Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Get on a high point and dare a coyote to show his head.
    Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 18 Feb. 2021
  • One is a small gold bolt that Jill made for me and the second is the coyote bracelet.
    Adam Rathe, townandcountrymag.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Beuys would spend three days, eight hours a day, with the live coyote.
    Michelle F. Solomon and, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Ahead of her a coyote loped across the street with something in its mouth.
    Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Have about five bites, then leave the bowl curbside for the coyotes.
    Jesse Pearson, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • Stephen O'Brien ran to the spot where the attack occurred and saw coyote prints and scratch marks in the snow.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Some dogs are even bred to chase down coyotes, and the coyotes don’t stand a chance.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Then, like a ghost in a mist of winter grass, the form of a coyote appeared.
    Ernie Cowan Outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Here are five of the best coyote loads for these four rimfires.
    Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The coyotes are plastic, but the sea lions don’t have to know that.
    Hillary Davis, latimes.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The roughly 6-week-old coyote appears to be on the mend.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2021
  • How the hell does a coyote bring a whole human across the border?!
    Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Karnazes fell hard on his ribs and face, and heard the coyote snarling above him.
    Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Peña had paid the coyote to take them across the border into Texas.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Jan. 2022
  • The dog had heard something in the backyard, but soon came face-to-face with two coyotes.
    Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 31 May 2023
  • If your dog wants to rub itself in coyote scat or fox scat, that’s the dog’s choice.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Before the mouse, there was a coyote Chuck E. Cheese, though, wasn’t always meant to be a mouse.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • To the left of the eagle, a coyote appears to skulk in the background, waiting for its turn with the carcass.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Fourteen coyotes were captured and killed by the end of March that year.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
  • Video footage shows the coyote roaming around the yard, holding the 14-year-old Yorkie named Pump in its jaws.
    nola.com, 20 June 2019
  • And when a pack of coyotes approached their fallen peer, the herd chased them away.
    National Geographic, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The group told her the Atlanta Coyote Project had been trying to catch the coyote for months.
    Francisco Guzman and Brian Ries, CNN, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The coyotes were east of us, running through the salt grass and ragweed that make up much of coastal South Texas.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Three, a coyote might cross your path on your way to check trail cameras.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 3 Feb. 2020
  • George Withers, then 54, was a slight man, gaunt and wiry like a coyote, with long brown hair combed to the back of his head.
    Betsy Teter, Outside Online, 30 Apr. 2018
  • One child would play the officer; the other one would play the coyote.
    Callie Beusman, The Cut, 6 July 2018
  • As members of the canid family, foxes are related to dogs, coyotes, and wolves.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The school board has approved the coyote as Central Pike Elementary's mascot.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 July 2025

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