How to Use bull shark in a Sentence

bull shark

noun
  • The full episode will include floods, bull sharks and big cats.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Experts believe that, too, was a bull shark.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Once that happens, the bull shark pulls an abrupt U-turn and charts a wide course around the massive croc.
    — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 27 July 2023
  • But the bull shark, along with the tiger shark and the great white, is among the species considered most dangerous.
    — Aric Chokey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2017
  • The minimum size for a bull shark and a spinner is 64 inches.
    — Priscilla Aguirre, Chron, 15 July 2021
  • The Mancin shark is an ancient ancestor to modern bull sharks.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Two months later, a bull shark killed a woman swimming off a remote beach north of Sydney.
    — CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Two months later, a bull shark killed a woman swimming off a remote beach north of Sydney.
    — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Two months later, a bull shark killed a woman swimming off a remote beach north of Sydney.
    — CBS News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • As with the nets, if the animal is a great white, tiger or bull shark, it’s tagged and taken a half-mile out to sea to be released.
    — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 13 June 2024
  • Berry may have been killed by a bull shark, but officials have not yet publicly identified the species that was involved.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The family believes the predator was a bull shark, Reeder added.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Skippings said the woman’s family identified it as a bull shark.
    — Dánica Coto, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Did a bull shark swim miles of freshwater to reach the heart of Liberty County?
    — Dana Burke, Houston Chronicle, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Another witness, an avid diver in the region, identified it as a bull shark.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Bats, bull sharks, lions and langurs are getting roped into the quest to create live television events.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 5 July 2017
  • The tiger shark and bull shark are genetically as different from each other as a dog is from a rabbit.
    — Gavin Naylor, The Conversation, 25 July 2019
  • But few can honestly boast about the HALF of the big one that got away, thanks to a bull shark.
    — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2019
  • Of the15 species identified, the most common by far was the nurse shark, followed by the blacktip, lemon and bull shark.
    — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 23 June 2021
  • It's believed he was attacked by a bull shark or tiger shark, reported the New York Post.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 17 Apr. 2018
  • In contrast, bull sharks are equally at home in fresh water and salt water, and are often found near estuaries.
    — Gavin Naylor, The Conversation, 25 July 2019
  • Analysis of her wounds confirmed to experts that a bull shark was responsible for the attack.
    — USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Last year a woman was bitten by a bull shark in Sydney’s harbor — the first attack in the waterway in a decade.
    — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 13 June 2024
  • Based on the bite patterns and images provided, the woman was most likely attacked by a bull shark, Smoothey said.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In fact, there have only been two semi-confirmed reports of a bull shark making its way into the Midwest on its own.
    — Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Sharks were a hot topic, too, with my posts on the myth of bull shark testosterone and how shark populations are dwindling drawing in a lot of readers.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2012
  • That's troubling news for humans, as bull sharks can grow to more than 10 and a half feet in length and are known to attack large prey, including humans.
    — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 16 Apr. 2018
  • In 1995, a bull shark was allegedly caught in a grate south of Festus, Missouri.
    — Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2025
  • This week, the startling image of a 1,000 pound bull shark has been circulating the internets.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2012
  • The family believes an 8-foot bull shark attacked and bit Jameson below his knee, Reeder wrote.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2022

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