How to Use the wild in a Sentence
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Of the 10 days he’s spent in the wild, he’s been here for four.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
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Now the Go is in the wild and we've been sent one to try out.
—New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2024
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Ward scored on the wild pitch and Adell advanced to third.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
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Most bears shot in the wild will be more than palatable.
—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
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Their products are made to endure the harsh, the wild, the weather.
—Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
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Zeev was always the jokester, the wild child, the one who had to keep his emotions in check.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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The boa couldn’t have survived on its own in the wild, according to the post.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2025
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Some cactus smugglers steal seeds from the wild but leave the plant in place.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2023
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But the scale never tips too far into the wild west theme.
—Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 15 May 2024
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Today, there are only around 140 of the antelopes in the wild.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2023
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The species is at a high risk of extinction in the wild, according to the zoo.
—Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
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The tone and pace of her writing are transformed by her encounter in the wild.
—Jasmine Liu, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
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But those acts never came close to the amazing feats of orcas in the wild.
—Victoria Sayo Turner, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2023
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Ocean images may be first of newborn great white shark in the wild.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
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According to the World Wildlife Fund there were about a thousand pandas in the wild in the 1980’s.
—Kelly Bowman, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
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And third—the missing piece—transmission must occur in the wild, not just in the lab.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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Nothing brings on the warm and fuzzy ocean vibes like seeing dolphins in the wild.
—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2023
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Seeing a wolf in the wild would be like catching a glimpse of Nessie in Scotland.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 29 May 2024
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Explore her life at the center and learn how rat snakes survive in the wild.
—Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024
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In 2024, at the Cairngorms estate, the first Scottish beaver was born in the wild in centuries.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2024
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And a lost hiker returns safely from a walk on the wild side.
—Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
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At least four guns were fired during the wild shootout that erupted at 12:58 a.m.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 July 2023
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But the birds are rare enough that few Floridians have ever seen one in the wild.
—Michael Adno, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2023
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This is the best app for identifying plants in our gardens and in the wild.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
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Ramps growing in the wild in Europe and those growing wild in the United States are not the same species.
—Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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New drone footage appears to show the first time a newborn great white shark has been spotted in the wild.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
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Riding Stables is an option to soak in the wild side of the Smoky Mountains.
—Ashia Aubourg, Travel + Leisure, 22 Apr. 2023
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The store released the non-venomous reptiles into the wild.
—Faith Karimi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
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Those looking to sleep out in the wild can book one of the lodge's freestanding cabins.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023
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They are found in the wild in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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