How to Use Cub Scout in a Sentence

Cub Scout

noun
  • Once a year my dad would take my Cub Scout troop to a Dodger game.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
  • At least 14 others were injured at the Cub Scout event.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
  • His first exposure to crime and punishment was a Cub Scout trip to the Temple jail.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Brown also served as a Cub Scout den leader and coached many youth sports teams in basketball, soccer and baseball.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • When Michael was young, Vanessa was a Cub Scout leader and school volunteer.
    — Molly Langmuir, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The archery event was organized by a Cub Scout troop, explaining the young age of some of the victims, police said.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 17 July 2025
  • His older brother, Ryan, was part of an 11-member Cub Scout group trying to earn skating badges.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Cub Scout Pack 617 will be placing flags on the Dearborn Memorial Park gravesites.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026
  • Four years of Cub Scout calls ruined my bosses’ otherwise good nature about my volunteer activities.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Her son had attended community, church and Cub Scout functions before testing positive.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 11 Oct. 2021
  • On the second day, something Eli had heard discussed at his brother’s Cub Scout meeting months earlier in Santee popped into his head.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Jogolev had climbed the incline with the Cub Scout pack last year and had participated in all the training hikes and climbs that led up to Saturday’s outing, his wife said.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
  • Lebron has long been a leader in Hartford’s social services and nonprofits scene, beginning a legacy of volunteerism as a Cub Scout leader at 18.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Joey was already struggling with virtual school classes, and the family didn't pressure him to also participate in virtual Cub Scout activities.
    — David Crary, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
  • For Cub Scout Pack 773, reading the book and participating in related activities may not have warranted a merit badge, but the lesson still had plenty of merit.
    — Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Since then, his daughter, Kerri Rawson, has publicly discussed having to reconcile the truth about her father, a churchgoer and former Cub Scout leader, with the reality of his vicious crimes.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Frisco resident Veronica Campos said the recent celebrations and events are concerning, and she was also bothered by the lack of mask-wearing at a recent council meeting where her son was recognized with his Cub Scout troop.
    — Brandi Addison, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Rainey was a dedicated Cub Scout den mother and Girl Scout troop leader, patron of the arts and supporter of the Walnut Creek library system and downtown business community.
    — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
  • In addition to being a stickler for city ordinances, Rader was known to participate heavily in outside activities like leading his son’s Cub Scout group and doing administrative tasks at the Christ Lutheran Church.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025

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