How to Use box turtle in a Sentence

box turtle

noun
  • Think of a drab box turtle basking on a rock at high noon.
    — Brad Balukjian, Discover Magazine, 2014-01-08
  • Aquarist Bryan Danson took two snakes and two box turtles in the cab of his truck.
    — Marci Shatzman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2017-09-13
  • Species like the ornate box turtle really suffer from that.
    — Fox News, 2019-06-26
  • Small mammals eat the fruit, as do box turtles, important in dispersing the seeds.
    — Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 2024-03-23
  • The wardens did find, however, two ornate box turtles and one red-eared slider.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 2019-12-20
  • Some tortoises and box turtles live until 100, Smith said.
    — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 2024-09-06
  • Biles also offers a sculpture of a little girl atop a box turtle in which the shell’s pattern has migrated to the child’s face and hands.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 2019-12-06
  • Students could touch an ornate box turtle and fox snake at one DNR exhibit.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2018-05-19
  • An injured eastern box turtle was struggling across the street outside her house in Alexandria, Virginia.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 2022-08-08
  • Tilcon is willing to relocate box turtles and other species whose habitats would be damaged or wiped out, according to Lenard.
    — Don Stacom, Courant Community, 2018-06-26
  • Why Trust Us? Frank, an Eastern box turtle, lives in my family’s backyard.
    — Mary Laura Philpott, Country Living, 2023-03-08
  • Habitat destruction threatens the ornate box turtle’s survival in Iowa.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2019-06-07
  • The three-toed box turtle is one of the most common turtles motorists will encounter in The Natural State.
    — Arkansas Online, 2022-06-20
  • The volunteer rescue treats turtles as big as 14-inch snapping turtles and as small as silver dollar-sized eastern box turtles.
    — Scottie Andrew and Nadeem Muaddi, CNN, 2019-06-29
  • As part of the design, Herd includes images of the Yunnan box turtle, which was once thought to be extinct but has recently resurfaced.
    — Jon Niccum, kansascity, 2018-06-14
  • Eastern box turtles are known to be sold on the Chinese black market for $1,000 each, the affidavit stated.
    — CBS News, 2024-10-12
  • Louisiana law prohibits the trade of box turtles – or box turtle eggs or parts – and forbids the taking of wild box turtles for commercial purposes.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 2021-01-08
  • Birds, box turtles, salamanders, toads, frogs, and scores of beloved invertebrates such as fireflies, bees, butterflies, and moths, all rely on leaf litter for shelter.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 2024-09-22
  • Kang, through a nationwide network, smuggled five species of turtles, including the eastern box turtle, the Justice Department said.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 2024-03-11
  • The ornate box turtle is a land-dwelling turtle found between the Rockies and Mississippi River Valley.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 2020-02-28
  • Eastern box turtles intercepted during a border inspection.
    — Chelsea Chan, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025
  • On a recent Friday morning — on a day off from her paying job — Meyer sat down on her outdoor patio to tend to Tommy, an eastern box turtle whose toes were eaten off by mites.
    — Elise Takahama, The Seattle Times, 2019-08-05
  • At least 18 threatened or endangered plant and animal species, including the ornate box turtle and regal fritillary butterfly, have been sighted here.
    — Rashod Taylor, ProPublica, 2021-10-14
  • The National Wildlife Federation says that wildlife — including chipmunks, box turtles, toads and insects — rely on leaf layers to find food and habitat.
    — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 2019-11-08
  • Julie Lisk, senior field biologist with the conservation department at Zoo New England, said the box turtle project started about six years ago.
    — Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 2022-05-25
  • The ornate box turtle is the subject of fieldwork this week in western Lee County, part of the 15th year of a box turtle health survey — the largest and longest in North America, researchers say.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 2021-05-07
  • Along with this successful operation, the upcoming episode of Critter Fixers: Country Vets will include a boxer dog dealing with an allergic reaction and a box turtle in need of little help.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 2022-04-11
  • While the eastern box turtle is not considered an endangered species nationally, some states — including Michigan, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut — have listed it as a species of special concern, according to the National Wildlife Federation.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025

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