How to Use wild boar in a Sentence

wild boar

noun
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  • On my way down the dirt road to the ranch in 2008, a wild boar crossed the road just ahead of me.
    — Juliet MacUr, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The meat is lean and flaky, with a flavor like wild boar.
    — Harry Pearson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Claire and Jamie play hide-and-seek in the woods when a wild boar starts to attack.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2020
  • On the plus side, there's a point where an enormous wild boar spears a guy.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 25 Jan. 2019
  • Some cities might want to take note of the potential smarts of wild boar.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2021
  • The outskirts of the property is alive with wild boars and wild cows.
    — David Martindale, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Tickets to the party cost $30 and come with a wild boar dinner and sides.
    — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 13 July 2017
  • To this day, the Lamarche family and their guests use the estate to hunt roe deer and wild boar.
    — WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
  • In the 1900s, the Eurasian wild boar was also introduced.
    — Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2021
  • In the myth, Venus fell in love with Adonis before he was torn to pieces by a wild boar.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The virus's presence in wild boar complicates the fight.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 20 Dec. 2017
  • From the 12th century on, the kings of France used the site, rich in deer and wild boar and close to Paris, as a hunting ground.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2020
  • In the mud, teeming with maggots, is the rotting carcass of a wild boar.
    — Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The plucky coyotes and wild boar of the world will thrive in the absence of humans, for example.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 2 Apr. 2020
  • If the elephants don’t destroy it, then the deer or the wild boar come and eat our fruit and vegetables.
    — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
  • For the holidays, choose from beef Wellington or wild boar roulade and all the trimmings.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Then, in the 1900s, the Eurasian or Russian wild boar was introduced to the country for sport hunting.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Fresh rigatoni with Texas wild boar ragu and the wild mushroom pizza.
    — Robin Soslow, Chron, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The wild boar were never imperiled, but I was hooked on the wilderness.
    — Nicholas Kristof, National Geographic, 8 Sep. 2020
  • For the most part, the view was green in all directions, dotted with rapeseed fields and forests home to wild boars.
    — Zoey Poll, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The team plans to fit more monkeys with collars in the near future, and may also enlist the help of wild boar.
    — Douglas Main, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2011
  • At night, wild boars snuffled outside the tents, searching for food scraps.
    — New York Times, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The first hosts the bison along with Iron Age pigs (a hybrid of a wild boar and a domestic pig) and Exmoor ponies.
    — Victoria Turk, Wired, 19 July 2022
  • Tani said—and farther still, in the hills, radioactive wild boar and snow monkeys roamed.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
  • Perhaps a hideous wild boar or a wee bird would’ve been easier?
    — Rachel Levin, Bon Appétit, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Yovo’s peaceful life on the banks of the Danube river is disrupted when a wild boar is brought to the island.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Named the second-best barbecue in the area, Black Board does brisket with Waygu, sausage with wild boar and creamed corn with Brussels sprouts.
    — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Local fishermen hauled in blue striped snapper from the sea, hunters caught wild boar in the mountains.
    — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The majority were linked to eating bear meat, but moose and wild boar meat are also common sources.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
  • Chianti pairs perfectly with the region’s local dishes — think pappardelle with a wild boar ragu.
    — Johnny Noakes, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2024

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