How to Use boar in a Sentence

boar

noun
  • Though squaring over nine feet, the boar was thin.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Use a flat boar bristle brush to help smooth out any bumps on top.
    — Jennifer Tzeses, Woman's Day, 19 Aug. 2013
  • But boars, sows and piglets have been spotted up and down the road.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The Maine boar bear weight record is 699 pounds.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Or spray it lightly on a boar bristle brush and brush through.
    — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Here the earth had been torn up by a sounder of foraging boars.
    — National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2016
  • The boar tipped the scale at 286 pounds, huge but short of their goal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Grab a boar bristle hairbrush or a fine-tooth comb and get scrolling.
    — Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Some small boars were running in front of me through the brush but were too quick for a shot.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
  • On the last drive of the last day, a boar escaped the drive with a string of dogs in tow.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
  • The wild boars fled for higher ground, replaced by water fowl.
    — Lori Hinnant and Vasilisa Stepanenko, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
  • Pair with a main course of sirloin or even wild game—roasted rabbit or boar.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • In a large pot, heat remaining olive oil over medium heat and add ground boar.
    — Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The boar bristles are bendy to move with hair but still stiff enough to detangle knots.
    — Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 12 June 2025
  • Italy wouldn’t be the first country to take the wild boar matter into its own hands.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 9 May 2024
  • Our would-be managers and planners are, in fact, useless as teats on a boar hog.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 4 Feb. 2020
  • There is also a buffet of foie gras, boar’s head, venison, and salmon trout.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Some research has found trace amounts of nandrolone in those who have consumed boar meat or pork.
    — Rick Rouan, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
  • Wild boar and sweet pepper ragout is served over mafalde pasta with eggplant, pecans and herbs.
    — Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2020
  • The larger single boars are likely to be the first bears moving.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The serving of the boar symbolized the triumph of good over evil.
    — Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • But what makes these wild German boars so radioactive in the first place?
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Some are in heat and ready to breed with one of the Chinese Meishan boars.
    — Casey Smith, Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2019
  • With so many boars competing for food, younger and weaker bears are displaced.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • That afternoon the dogs struck another bear, a young boar, and treed it far from the road.
    — Hal Herring, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The young boar fled alone while the sow ran in circles, crashing through the woods, trying to evade this new boar.
    — Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But the boar, at the farthest distance, allowed for a comeback.
    — Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2017
  • The boar, bigger and wilder than expected, kills the hunting dogs.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Sep. 2022
  • This boar hair and nylon blend brush stimulates your scalp and gives a sleek look to normal to coarse hair.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The constant running meant that the meat of that time (boar, deer, or large birds) would perfectly cook the meat.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023

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