How to Use bullfrog in a Sentence

bullfrog

noun
  • The egg masses of the bullfrog take the form of a floating mat.
    — oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2022
  • At this splash pad, kids can run through loops, cannons, spraying bullfrog and monkey.
    — azcentral, 14 June 2018
  • With only the birds and bullfrogs for a soundtrack, the ride was peaceful and restorative.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2019
  • The crack of occasional twigs proved to be nothing more than bullfrogs.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Post-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2017
  • For better or worse, there are no live and crushingly loud bullfrogs included on the new record.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 July 2024
  • With a mighty leap, the bullfrogs vaulted off and into the night, joining the chirping crickets.
    — Vanessa Hua, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Sometimes, when the car was stopped at a light next to some kids, Dizzy would turn, purse his lips and blow his cheeks up like a bullfrog.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Jim Tonelli said, bullfrogs croaking in a pond on his property.
    — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2018
  • The group learned about tree frogs, mole salamanders, African bullfrogs, and more during the session.
    — Michael Walsh, Courant Community, 23 Apr. 2018
  • One day, an aquarist brought Van Bonn a bullfrog that had hurt its leg while wrestling with another male of the species.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Later that night Plumier demonstrates by swiftly slapping the limp green body of a bullfrog hard across his leg.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The family set up a tent in a quiet spot surrounded by trees, close to a murky pond with a chorus of insistent bullfrogs.
    — Erin Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Dec. 2019
  • These include the American bullfrog and the African clawed frog, which may act as carriers.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2023
  • Water pollution can harm their populations, and alien species such as crayfish and bullfrogs can prey on water bugs.
    — National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2019
  • That the leaves in October were as saffron as the snow would be white, that the mating bullfrogs in spring were as loud as the winter mountains had been silent.
    — Kathleen Alcott, Harper's Magazine, 8 Apr. 2022
  • But that’s a tough mission, because danger surrounds this lonely bullfrog, which may be the last one in the United States.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The bullfrog also frequently carries a skin fungus that can be deadly to other amphibians.
    — Joe Dworetzky, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
  • In Indiana, frog hunters can harvest 25 American bullfrogs or green frogs a day.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Our study into the sticky, slimy world of frogs all began with a humorous video of a real African bullfrog lunging at fake insects in a mobile game.
    — Alexis Noel and David Hu, Smithsonian, 1 Feb. 2017
  • This also protects them from the voracious bullfrog, an invasive species that has contributed to the decline of the leopard frog.
    — Eli Francovich, The Seattle Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • This bizarre creature really is a fish, despite its bullfrog face, pectoral fins that look like webbed feet, and a froglike mouth that snaps up unsuspecting prey.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In Tucson, Hubbard said, bullfrogs in ponds or at golf courses migrate into the national park.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2024
  • But since the 1960s, nonnative trout, bullfrogs and crayfish have decimated these frogs.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Permanent bodies of water can also provide good habitat for invasive fish and bullfrogs that prey on the salamanders' eggs and larva.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Then there was the American bullfrog, an invader from the East Coast that not only competed with smaller frogs but ate them.
    — Joe Dworetzky, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
  • The bullfrog's skull is fragile, partly due to the large holes for the eyes (which are retracted during swallowing, possibly to help push food back toward the esophagus).
    — Discover Magazine, 1 Aug. 2012
  • Madison Dedini, age 11, caught a small but beefy American bullfrog before anyone else.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Some of these voracious predators, including this African bullfrog, have a formidable bite due to large, bony fangs on the lower jaw (highlighted in orange).
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Scientists consider the American bullfrog one of the world’s top 100 invasive species.
    — Jane Braxton Little, sacbee, 20 Jan. 2018
  • In South Korea, under the worst-case climate change scenarios, American bullfrogs are projected to increase their range.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 29 May 2024

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