Examples of boar in a Sentence
Audrey Noble, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
The inhabitants’ diet was also rich and varied, including boar, pike and bream, along with wheat and barley.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
In the 1600s, when dogs were used in pack hunts of large quarry (bears, boars, stags, etc.), the canines would wear spiked iron collars for protection.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
Storms and droughts prevent consistent crop yields, and nationally boars cause over $1 billion of agricultural damage each year.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
The combination of nylon and boar bristles and ceramic plates on the sides turns it from just a hair dryer brush to a heated comb and straightener.
—Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2023
The stomach and tissue samples of the boars that researchers tested still continued to exhibit unsafe levels of cesium isotopes.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
Weighing up to 530 pounds and measuring up to 10 feet from snout to tail, Caspian tigers were one of the biggest felines in the world, hunting for hours, day after day, in search of the perfect boar or deer to snack on.
—Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
Add the wild boar and venison to the pot in two batches, and cook, stirring occasionally, until well-browned on all sides.
—Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
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Word History
Middle English bor, from Old English bār; akin to Old High German & Old Saxon bēr boar
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Phrases Containing boar
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“Boar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boar. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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