How to Use game warden in a Sentence

game warden

noun
  • Daniels said a game warden shot and killed the bear.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Fred talked with them for a while, and showed them his game warden’s badge.
    — Benjamin Hale, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • George said his father quashed his early dream to be a game warden or forester.
    — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Vera went on to talk about a young woman who used to live with the game warden.
    — Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • Vera went on to talk about a young woman who used to live with the game warden.
    — Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • The website, citing a game warden, said the bear would later be released on state land.
    — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 9 June 2024
  • Glenn-Pyle and her troop stayed in the area and waited for about an hour until a game warden arrived.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The first responder, the first rescue personnel that showed up was a game warden.
    — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
  • The game warden was then able to capture the animal and safely release it back into the wild.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Somebody who starts out friendly and nice, like a park ranger with a little bit of an attitude or a game warden who’s been on shift too long.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 2 July 2024
  • Ignorance is typically no excuse in the eyes of a game warden.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Soon they were joined by two officials of the Elk Mountain Ranch and a state game warden.
    — Michael Allen, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Authorities said a game warden and a K-9 found him along a bog about three-quarters of a mile from where his car was found.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
  • Other than a game warden, a reporter didn't encounter any outsiders during seven hours of fishing last weekend.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 16 July 2022
  • The San Antonio bust is not the biggest in Winters’s career as a game warden.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The hunters declined to pay Erman, and a game warden arrived at the field later that morning to defuse the situation.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Police said the game warden also provided video that captured shots being fired and people yelling, telling whoever was shooting to stop.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Suddenly all her rage and distrust toward Elgar were redirected through the game warden and into herself.
    — Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • Any of the veterans attending Bob Markle’s funeral could have testified that this sort of thing is a big part of any game warden’s job.
    — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Carr had been a game warden in Northern Rhodesia (as Zambia was then called), where hunting dominated.
    — Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Randy Hazard, a game warden with Vermont Fish and Wildlife who covers the northeastern region.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Always reporting a bite to an animal control officer, game warden or health care professional.
    — Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • An Eagle Scout, growing up Andy dreamed of becoming a National Park ranger and game warden.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • Leave the feathers on all collared doves for identification purposes until reaching your final destination, just in case you get checked by a game warden.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The game warden who conducted my background check confided that the state is so hard up for hunte-ed instructors that hunting experience is no longer a requirement for teaching the class.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The upshot of that painful first meeting with the game warden and the small-town doctor was an invitation to come back down a few weeks later to sample Alabama’s spring turkey season.
    — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Murray and game warden Dalton Bluey suspected a processor had dumped the parts and began investigating.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Because no state game warden is currently assigned to Sierra County, authorities asked for the public’s help in reporting wildlife and hunting crimes.
    — Sacbee.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • State statutes authorize any peace officer or game warden to destroy any dog found running at large and actively tracking, pursuing, harassing, attacking, or killing any big game animal.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Four witnesses, including an off-duty game warden officer who was working as a security guard, gave consistent descriptions of Medeiros.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2024

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