How to Use hyena in a Sentence

hyena

noun
  • There are snakes and hyenas and wild dogs.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • There is wildlife beyond big cats like sloth bears and hyenas.
    — Jasreen Mayal Khanna, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
  • Other times, the hyenas that prowl the desert get there first.
    — Max Bearak, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Turns out, hyenas can’t climb — which Naborr knew, of course.
    — Jacqueline Cutler, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Julian is all smiles one minute and howling like a hyena the next.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2024
  • His winning shot of this brown hyena was a decade in the making.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In some places, a hyena is giving birth or there’s a hole in the heavens.
    — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 21 June 2017
  • At night hyenas rampaged through the area while lions called.
    — Peter Browne, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The stock market came in like a lamb and went out like a hyena in the third quarter.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The hyena kills the zebra and the orangutan.
    — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Just how much can the Bulls eat off the plates of these high-lottery hyenas?
    — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In a heartbeat, they are gone, off like a pack of wild hyenas in a deluge of din and dust.
    — Michael C. Wilson, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The group, this a pack of hyenas on a single lioness, has brought her down.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
  • The hyena is Copeland's favorite.
    — Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The trail is a palimpsest of their giant, pancake-round tracks and the lobed pads of hyenas or toes of civets.
    — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The hyenas have new names and Rafiki has a more sensible tail.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2019
  • The confusion was due to the hyena’s anatomy.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The hyenas are acting in self-interest, playing their part in the food chain.
    — Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Shivers sped down my spine as a hyena crept into our Jeep’s headlights in the night.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Attracted by the noise, the lion returns to scare away the hyenas.
    — National Geographic, 10 Aug. 2017
  • That’s nearly twice as strong as a hyena and some 60 points higher than a lion.
    — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Wild dogs and hyenas break down their prey with powerful jaws, tearing at them and even eating them alive.
    — Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 10 July 2017
  • The hyenas approached the robot, and one cub even offered it a stick in what seemed like a gesture to play.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Khaite’s Sloan pumps are also available in hyena print haircalf and oxblood leather.
    — Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Cries of nearby hyenas were audible, and overhead, the stars glowed.
    — Dominica Lim, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2017
  • Keegan-Michael Key is also joining the cast as one of the evil hyenas.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Safaris into Sariska may yield great sightings of the tiger, leopard, sloth bear, or hyena.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
  • While his own home burned, Lang spent hours racing around in his truck, dousing spot fires near the cheetah barn and the hyena pen.
    — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • It’s gotten to the point where even the hyenas have noticed that one of the world’s great wildlife refuges is overrun by visitors.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Prancing hyenas and noble white horses.
    — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 2 May 2025

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