How to Use endangered in a Sentence

endangered

adjective
  • But Zoldan is glad to be on the most endangered list.
    — Dana Kozlov, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • But red wolves are the most endangered canid in the entire world.
    — Arkansas Online, 2 July 2021
  • The endangered seabird species nests along the coast each summer.
    — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 3 July 2025
  • There haven't been any sites removed from the endangered list this time around.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 28 July 2021
  • Kitchens were wrecked, and diners were an endangered species.
    — Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Astute birders have a chance to spot rare and endangered birds at the refuge.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Dickinson was all too aware of just how endangered such items are.
    — Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The area is also home to the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.
    — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The species has even been on the endangered species list several times.
    — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 5 Aug. 2019
  • The list builds on previous years the group has warned of endangered sites.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026
  • Flip a light switch, feed an endangered tortoise to a badger.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
  • Now, Lien is among the last of a dying breed, a rare and endangered species.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The park is home to the largest deer native to Chile, the endangered huemul deer.
    — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The largest owl in the world, the Blakiston’s fish owl is both rare and endangered.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • They were placed on the endangered species list by 1984.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • This area is also home to five out of the seven endangered sea turtle species in the world.
    — Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The jiggly, shiny baby is a welcome ray of light for an endangered species.
    — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • At the same time, speakers of small and endangered languages are not sitting idly by.
    — Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Along the way, visitors can stop at the wildlife overlook for a chance to spot endangered wildlife.
    — Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025
  • The marquee pitching matchup is an endangered species.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Haleakalā is home to a number of endangered and endemic species.
    — Sunny Fitzgerald, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The project will cross habitats of three endangered species within one-mile radius of the project.
    — Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025
  • In 1978 the bald eagle was put on the endangered species list.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2019
  • Close enough that proposed changes to protections for endangered species could doom them.
    — Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Wildlife advocates have long voiced fears that the wire could cause harm to the endangered sheep and other wildlife.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
  • The changes bring a bit of the Australian outback to the zoo for koalas, which are an endangered species.
    — Cody Jackson, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That all makes the endangered program all the more important.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • More than 2,000 of those endangered species are used for medicines, food and fuel.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Interview activists and the scared, the safe and the endangered.
    — Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The Mexican gray wolf is the most endangered subspecies of wolf in the world.
    — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2022

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