How to Use lynx in a Sentence

lynx

noun
  • Oh, look, over there, that lynx is about to pounce and rip out my heart!
    — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 27 July 2023
  • Lynx, bears, and wolves roamed amid the dense Scots pine, birch, and rowan.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
  • So the lynx is a cold-weather mammal.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Cipriano smacked his snow shovel to the ground in front of the lynx.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2021
  • There are signs that the campaign to save the lynx is gaining traction.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 June 2017
  • There are signs that the campaign to save the lynx is gaining traction.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 June 2017
  • Specialty predators such as lynx will move, but some won’t make it.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2020
  • That same weight in coyote, lynx, and fox traps will take a far more valuable harvest of pelts.
    — Ted Updike, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025
  • When the white tiger was imperilled by the lynx, some turtles and sheep flew to the tiger’s aid.
    — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
  • First time in a land home to gray wolves, bear, mountain lion, lynx, coyote, elk, moose.
    — Chris Colin, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
  • This species of lynx is the most widespread feline in Canada.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2022
  • On that hunt, the major game killed included a rhino and lynx.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
  • Whenever a lynx rested on a plate, the bugs feasted through the mesh.
    — Yao-Hua Law, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2015
  • And so the lynx, gone for 1,300 years, may have to wait just a little longer.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Unlike lynx, mountain lions don’t have long fur around their paws, so the tracks will be quite distinct.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Also spotted were Eurasian lynx, wolves and several avian and bat species.
    — Fox News, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The agency said the new closure would provide refuge for wildlife like mountain goats, lynx and wolverines.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Wildlife sightings abound, from mountain goats and grizzly bears to elusive wolverines and lynx.
    — Food Drink Life, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Populations of lynx, brown bears, and moose have since rebounded.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Many cat species have this reaction to the herb, including lion, tiger, leopard and lynx.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
  • Populations of lynx, moose, red deer and even free-roaming packs of dogs have rebounded.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Wolves, lynx, moose, loons, eagles, walleyes, northerns and hundreds more species of wild creatures grace its land, air and water.
    — Mark Dayton, Star Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
  • About 20 large cats including lions, tigers, panthers, cougars, and lynx have found refuge at the center.
    — National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Elk, moose, gray wolves, Canada lynx and the diminutive northern bog lemming (weighing in at a mere ounce) live here.
    — Alexis Marie Adams, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Paris Saint Germain’s mascot, a lynx in a blue jersey, took pictures with fans waiting to play.
    — Ian Cohen, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 July 2017
  • The three-month-old Canada lynx has been cared for by his mother out of public view since his May 12 birth.
    — Zekriah Chaudhry, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Kielland is here to live-trap lynx, and to slip collars on them that will enable him and others to see where the boreal-forest cats roam.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Bobcats are the only type of lynx found in the United States and Mexico.
    — The Arizona Republic, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Litio, a four-year-old Iberian lynx, had been spotted on the outskirts of Barcelona on May 29.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2018
  • Four European brown bears, five wolves, two Eurasian lynx and two wolverines will make their home at Bear Wood.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 23 July 2019

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