How to Use red fox in a Sentence

red fox

noun
  • Most homes rest on stilts; red foxes and berry bushes hide in the knee-high grass.
    — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 18 July 2019
  • If Červený is correct, then the red fox is unique in many ways.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2011
  • Deer, red fox and coyotes can be spotted traipsing around the park.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2024
  • Both the red fox and the gray fox are common in Rhode Island.
    — Bailey Allen, Cape Cod Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In rural areas, red foxes live on the borders of woods and fields.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
  • There are two fluffy Canadian red fox tails attached to the frame.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Just to the east, a red fox followed a cottontail rabbit track through the fresh snow.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2020
  • This year, two bottlenose dolphins, two harbor seals and a pair of red foxes have made the list.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • After spending the first three months of their lives in the den, red fox kits are ready for adventure.
    — Bridget E. Hamilton, National Geographic, 16 June 2020
  • And rarely, a Cooper's hawk, coyote or red fox will make a rush through the feeding zone.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022
  • But the piece de resistance is the red fox fur jacket that Hutton threw on top on her way in.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The experts also found a number of reindeer, horse, bear, wolf, red fox and arctic fox bones.
    — Fox News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Wells spotted a red fox slinking through the unruly tangle of trees, grasses and bushes.
    — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The red fox, on the other hand, is a frequent sight in the English countryside.
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The calf-length coat is made from red fox furs and cinched at the waist with a detachable belt, according to the brand’s website.
    — Maliya Ellis, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
  • That varied menu reflects the dietary needs of red foxes, which in the wild are opportunistic eaters.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Wild animals are rarely seen — only red foxes and minks are native to Iceland.
    — Rich Westcott, Philly.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The photographer had a face-to-face surprise encounter with this red fox while on the lookout for fallow deer and stonechats.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • Fewer coyotes means more red foxes and weasels; that means fewer mice; and fewer mice means less Lyme.
    — Alan Wirzbicki, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Your curator has seen a red fox in the back, a woodchuck out front, and the hatching of songbirds in a nest underneath our eaves.
    — Steve Winter, National Geographic, 4 June 2020
  • One day, a red fox paused in front of a window, the elegant fact of his body familiar and reassuring.
    — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Maryland’s red foxes were pushed the edge of their territory, and their numbers declined.
    — Darryl Fears, The Denver Post, 3 June 2019
  • However, Michiganders aren't going to see much of their red fox neighbors.
    — Elissa Welle, Detroit Free Press, 18 Feb. 2022
  • State Fish and Wildlife biologists hope to capture and collar as many as four red foxes this year.
    — Jane Braxton Little, sacbee, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Pippa is a 6-month-old red fox Labrador who was brought home by her owners in June 2025.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The video category was won by Kevin Lohman for his footage of a red fox enjoying zoomies on the grass one frosty morning.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Fish and Game's red fox fact sheet states that their diet includes small mammals, birds and bird eggs, vegetation and carrion.
    — Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The rare Sierra Nevada red fox has been spotted further south than at any time in nearly a century.
    — Kate Galbraith, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Even in the dead of winter, breeding season starts for gray foxes, red foxes, coyotes, bobcats, raccoons and squirrels.
    — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 3 Jan. 2026
  • At Walden's Puddle, there have been a lot of mange cases involving young red foxes, in their first or second year, the vet said.
    — Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025

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