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.
• The state even has cameras put up near their dens.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
• Sunday, and made a makeshift den in an open field.
  — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
• In the northeast, floods can wake black bears from their dens.
  — WIRED, 25 July 2023
• And more and more, its craft is gracing the dens of hunters.
  — Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
• Rooms like the guest areas, kitchen, and den can be good spots to hit.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
• The same dens may be used for several years.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
• The same dens may be used for several years.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
• The same dens may be used for several years.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
• In the spring, mother bears emerge from their dens with their cubs in search of food.
  — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
• Both of these rooms feature a fireplace, as does the den.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
• And my den looked like the post office with all the cards and letters.
  — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 4 May 2026
• In the clip, a mother polar bear emerges from her den with her two young cubs.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
• 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
• When do mama bears den for the winter in Tahoe?
  — Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
• When do bears den under Tahoe homes in winter?
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
• It has been used as a den, and could easily be a home office.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
• If the dirt is disturbed the next day, the den is occupied.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 4 Feb. 2026
• The arrest comes amid a crackdown on gambling dens in the city.
  — Jason Green, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
• On the other side of the kitchen is a den that doubles as a media room.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2023
• There is also a den with built-ins and a nearby office.
  — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
• Scherff suggests putting it in an open closet to create a makeshift den.
  — Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2022
• In the den, blood was found spattered on the walls and computer desk.
  — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
• 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
• Babies are born in the den in spring and head out on their own by early to mid-summer.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
• Babies are born in the den in spring and head out on their own by early to mid-summer.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 June 2026
• Like the den, the walls of the guest house are painted a warm green hue for a relaxing feel.
  — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026

den

2 of 2 verb

• Block off crawlspaces so wildlife, such as opossums, cannot den under your home.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
• Block off crawlspaces so wildlife, such as opossums, cannot den under your home.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
• Block off crawlspaces so wildlife, such as opossums, cannot den under your home.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
• This year, Lewis was on a mission to find out if the fishers were denning.
  — Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, 29 June 2017
• The bear stayed denned up through Frebruary, March, and April.
  — Jim Rearden, Outdoor Life, 5 Nov. 2025
• Avoid areas where coyotes may be denning or feeding/hiding pups.
  — Daily News Staff, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2017
• Department officials said this is the typical time of the year that bears find warm and safe places to den.
  — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
• 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
• The second floor has a mezzanine loft-style office or den overlooking the living room.
  — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• And after mating season comes denning season.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
• One example is the wolverine, an endangered species that requires deep snow for denning over the winter.
  — Adrienne Marshall, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
• Nothing is as attractive to a skunk as a cozy woodpile or rock pile to den in, says Fyffe, so keeping your yard free from those skunk havens is key.
  — Felicia Feaster, Martha Stewart, 20 June 2026
• 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
• 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
• The birds live and den in the cactus, using holes created by woodpeckers and other animals.
  — Lindsey Botts, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2022
• 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
• When the cold weather hits, some people like to use a space heater to give a chilly bedroom, living room, home office, or den a heat boost during the colder days of the year.
  — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 13 Feb. 2026
• 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
• The area rug features a tiger surrounded by a floral border, a striking contrast that would make a statement in a living room, home office, or den.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2025
• Urban animals den in parks and in seldom frequented areas between houses.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022
• 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
• Encircle the bottom of your porch with fencing to prevent animals from denning underneath.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• The previous owners had dug a foundation under only half of an addition, leaving a sheltered space that proved irresistible to a denning bear.
  — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
• 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