How to Use sable in a Sentence

sable

noun
  • Rangy by nature, Jake was a tri-color sable with a bushy dark brown tail tipped in white, matching the natural white ring of white fur around his neck.
    Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2018
  • And the guts of slicing sables, minks, lynxes, all the most precious furs, shredding them into pieces, re-assembling them into crazy shapes!
    Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 20 June 2017
  • His showroom features chinchilla, sable, fox, and Blackglama mink.
    Janie Har, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
  • At the time, there were fewer than 44 sable antelope and perhaps a thousand buffalo on one million acres.
    Paul Steyn, National Geographic, 2 May 2019
  • Along with giraffes, sables and other animals, more than 1,400 rhinos call Hume’s Buffalo Dream Ranch home.
    Rachel Nuwer, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2016
  • The young girl entranced by fancy furs in Vienna went on to become the muse of furrier Dennis Basso, walking down the runway in a full-length sable coat and swanning around Manhattan in mink.
    Ruth Graham, Slate Magazine, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Back then, Joseph Breitman, Mendel's great-great-grandfather, wrapped Russian aristocrats in sable.
    Kristina Stewart Ward, ELLE Decor, 5 Jan. 2010
  • Anti-poaching efforts have helped populations of sable, hippo, elephant and other species to begin recovering.
    Washington Post, 22 June 2018

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