How to Use den in a Sentence

den

1 of 2 noun

• The bears will spend most of the winter in their den.
• The TV is in the den.
• He spent most evenings in the den reading and smoking his pipe.
• Bear-lin, or Bear’s den, or Burr-lin, and the bear at the door.
  — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
• Fruit and vine patterns in the kitchen, plaid in the den, florals in the guest room.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
• The shadow thrown up the wall of a Nepalese drinking den.
  — Simon Ingram, Town & Country, 30 June 2023
• In the northeast, floods can wake black bears from their dens.
  — WIRED, 25 July 2023
• On the other side of the kitchen is a den that doubles as a media room.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
• If not on the kitchen table, surely on the snack table in the den next to his chair in front of the TV.
  — Ellyn Laub, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
• The groundhog appeared to live under the shed and in a den behind the garden.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• Out of frame is a fireplace and a door to a small office or den that leads out to the terrace.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2023
• The two furnished model units have a bedroom and a den.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
• Nighttime is the right time, as the big fish will leave their dens and come out searching for a meal.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 20 Feb. 2023
• The bear to wake up and emerge from their den last will win March Napness and earn the title of the Sleepiest Bear of 2024.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
• In the clip, a mother polar bear emerges from her den with her two young cubs.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
• Mobster Bugsy Siegel is said to have run a gambling den out of the property in the 1930s.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023
• These candy displays are great for the den or movie room and bring a little bit of the theater to the house.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 30 Sep. 2022
• Den The den also serves as a guest bedroom and screening room.
  — Kristen Flanagan, House Beautiful, 27 Feb. 2023
• Police said the group has started fires to smoke the foxes out of their dens and set their dogs on them.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2023
• What’s more, if the den roof is too thick, the technology can’t pick up the heat inside.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2023
• The office/den has a pocket door and a big closet but no window.
  — Benjamin C. Tankersley, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
• The mother then takes the babies, one by one, to an alternate den.
  — Jessica M. Goldstein, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
• In the meantime, the zoo is livestreaming video from the happy family’s den from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 10 Dec. 2022
• Male grizzly bears are the first to leave winter dens, Shideler said.
  — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2023
• So the males who are mated protect the den from intruders.
  — Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
• Sunday, and made a makeshift den in an open field.
  — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
• Inside the house, deputies found a man lying on the floor in the den with a gunshot wound to his upper torso.
  — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
• Deputies searched the home and found Alfaro in the den of the home with a gunshot wound to his upper torso.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 17 Jan. 2026
• Target sound by using a portable radio or speaker to play music or talk shows near the animal den.
  — Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
• Eventually, the fox coaxed its tiny kits out of their den and led them on their first foray into the open.
  — Nicholas Derenzo, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026

den

2 of 2 verb

• Most of the 11 collared bears denned in Chugach State Park.
  — Author: Rick Sinnott | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2018
• This year, Lewis was on a mission to find out if the fishers were denning.
  — Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 29 June 2017
• The Delaney Marble Bar Console is the best bar cart to add a pop of gold to your kitchen, dining room, or den.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
• Little One's mate, Anana, has been denning since Nov. 1.
  — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 13 Dec. 2019
• Check-ins are handled in the communal dining room and den where a woman, who is the cook, hands over an antique key.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• Starting in October and November, around when temps drop to freezing at night, the bears den up for about six months.
  — Erin Berger, Outside Online, 2 Oct. 2018
• These lobsters did not choose to den alone, the scientists suspected: they were being shunned.
  — Scientific American, 1 July 2020
• In March of 2023, she was discovered denning under a residence in South Lake Tahoe along with her cubs.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• Because of sea ice loss, increased numbers of pregnant female bears now den on land, with much of that occurring on the coastal plain.
  — Bill Sherwonit, Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Oct. 2017
• The second floor has a mezzanine loft-style office or den overlooking the living room.
  — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• The Wyoming plan also includes a no-hunt buffer zone in a region east of Grand Teton where several bears adored by photographers and tourists are known to roam and den.
  — Karin Brulliard, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2018
• The birds live and den in the cactus, using holes created by woodpeckers and other animals.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2022
• The rapid habitat changes are already affecting their behavior; with the sea ice retreating quickly, some of the bears now have to swim long distances in order to find places to den.
  — New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• Avoid areas where coyotes may be denning or feeding/hiding pups.
  — Daily News Staff, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2017
• That included the use of snares, nets, and traps, hunting wolves or coyotes during their denning season, baiting bears, and using aircraft to hunt bears.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2018
• The second floor has a mezzanine loft-style office or den overlooking the living room, plus a carpeted bedroom and a full bath with laundry.
  — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• Shirley den Hartog, his business partner, said the death, in a hospital, was caused by complications of a recent lung transplant.
  — Nina Siegal, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• With sea ice diminishing due to a warming climate, increasing numbers of polar bears are denning in the coastal plain.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2018
• Male grizzlies have actually been known to kill denning female polar bears, even when the females were bigger.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023
• Agency officials said some areas of the Rocky Mountains will retain enough snow in a warming world for wolverines to successfully den and breed.
  — Matthew Brown, ajc, 1 Nov. 2021
• To find snow that will last that long into spring, wolverines typically den at elevations of 7,000 feet or higher.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• Using a pup-in-distress call for coyote hunting plays on a coyote’s territorial and parental instincts and works well in the spring when coyotes are denning.
  — Jay Cassell, Field & Stream, 21 June 2023
• The team also found no difference between populations of mountain-dwelling snakes that den together in the winter and lowland snakes that spend the winter alone.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
• In the winter, the animals will den underground, commonly returning to the same spot year after year, and often commune there with other snake species, such as rat snakes and rattlesnakes.
  — National Geographic, 22 July 2019
• Foxes, in particular, were boldly venturing into his yard and denning under the homes of his neighbors.
  — Amanda Long, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
• Encircle the bottom of your porch with fencing to prevent animals from denning underneath.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2019
• The first floor includes a grand salon that flows into a library and den, as well as a formal living room, sitting area, and formal dining area, which features stained glass windows and linenfold paneling.
  — Olivia Jakiel, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
• In fact, as long as a bear isn’t experiencing an energy deficit—when foraging requires more energy than the forage itself provides—bears don’t need to den.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
• One example is the wolverine, an endangered species that requires deep snow for denning over the winter.
  — Adrienne Marshall, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
• Block off crawlspaces so wildlife, such as opossums, cannot den under your home.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025