How to Use bison in a Sentence

bison

noun
  • In the middle of it all, a herd of some 200 bison graze.
    Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The bison stuck around and his hooves were right over my head.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2022
  • That is, until one of the bison turned, snarled and charged her head-on.
    Ariana Garcia, Chron, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The years of bison freely roaming the Texas landscape are long gone.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Those pieces include a cougar, a bison, a few deer, and a musk ox.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The bison is Europe's largest land mammal and weighs up to a ton.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022
  • The wolves let go of the calf and then retreat, while the two adult bison flank the calf and usher it off to safety.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023
  • Or that in 2016 the bison was named the national mammal of the United States.
    Andrew R. Graybill, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
  • For the Gullah Geechee, the focus is on water and fish, not land and bison.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2022
  • On Monday, a bull bison at the park gored a 34-year-old Colorado man.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 1 July 2022
  • Included will be a trip to the zoo to see the afternoon feeding of the bison, elk and deer.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The two people turned away from the animals before one of the bison charged at and gored the woman.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2023
  • While the buffalo is the anchor, the detailed series doesn’t linger on the bison.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The 320-acre farm with a herd of bison in Bloomington is the brainchild of three former band mates.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 July 2022
  • Some of these encounters have ended in tragedy on the bison’s end.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Look into the eye of a bison, a marlin, a parrot, an iguana.
    Yael Martínez, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Snaking through the grasslands was the 38-mile Trans-Catalina Trail, attracting hikers, campers, and, of course, the bison.
    Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The land contains some of the most biodiverse habitats in the region and is home to bighorn sheep, bison, and bald eagles.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • So far, the park is home to reindeer, yakutian horses, moose, bison, musk ox, kalmykian cows, sheep, camels and goats.
    Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
  • For instance, the Hawaii man who interfered with the baby bison was fined $1,000.
    Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2023
  • The remains came not just from mammoths, but from ice age bison and horses.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Yellowstone Park bison takes a slips, falls on frozen creek.
    USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The agency noted that bison can run three times faster than humans.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 17 July 2023
  • Beaver is a dark meat with a distinct flavor not unlike bison or elk.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • And a band of wild horses, flocks of turkeys, a lone bobcat, countless bison.
    Rachel Levin, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The birth is a big deal for a number of reasons, including that bison were once on the brink of extinction.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • About 20 adults and children gathered as the bison was lowered onto a tarp.
    Matthew Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Select from a variety of options from beef, bison and lamb to salmon and shrimp.
    Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Later in the year, as bears shift to food sources like salmon and berries, droppings become rounder and wetter like bison and cow pies.
    Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Just last week, a wolf pack downed a bison after an hours-long standoff on the Firehole River.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2024

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