How to Use wolverine in a Sentence

wolverine

noun
  • Next come three Wolverines … and a Husky.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Wicker had a close look at those Wolverines.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Was the wolverine moving the elk around and around on this mountain?
    — Rick Bass, Field & Stream, 12 June 2024
  • Would that job be coaching the Wolverines?
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • One set of wolverine tracks and a half-dozen old marten crossings was the extent of life.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Now their children are Wolverines too.
    — Jack Springgate, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • No creature of the Far North is less beloved than the wolverine.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The duo then get scared by a wolverine before running into a scary band.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The kicking game hasn't been much better for the Wolverines.
    — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The largest land-dwelling species in the weasel family, wolverines often look like small bears.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
  • Over the course of two afternoons, a wolverine appeared on a hill below ours.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 18 July 2016
  • Corey Lewis had three sacks and three other tackles for a loss for the Wolverines.
    — Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The wolverine, which is a relative of the mink and weasel, is found across Alaska.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The agency said the new closure would provide refuge for wildlife like mountain goats, lynx and wolverines.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The ball pressure was relentless and sped up the Wolverines.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Wildlife sightings abound, from mountain goats and grizzly bears to elusive wolverines and lynx.
    — Food Drink Life, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Contrary to the name, the wolverine isn’t closely related to wolves.
    — Megan Marples, CNN, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The wolverine weighed 28 pounds and measured 41 inches in length.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
  • This wolverine was near the Mammoth Hot Springs on a remote trail.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Christine Peterson writes on the effort to bring the wolverine back to the wild.
    — Vox Staff, Vox, 1 July 2024
  • Olson went 7 of 11 from the field for the Wolverines, who shot 44%.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Wolverines fans are all in with Jim Harbaugh, but two years is still the honeymoon phase.
    — Ralph D. Russo, The Denver Post, 7 June 2017
  • Sometimes resembling a small bear with a bushy tail, the wolverine is the largest land-dweller of the weasel family.
    — Kelsie Smith, CNN, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The Aztecs were tangling with Ducks instead of Wolverines.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Bear cubs are dispatched up trees by unseen mothers, but wolverines come to the water’s edge to sit and watch, afraid of nothing.
    — Alann B. Steen, Outdoor Life, 21 May 2025
  • Wolverines guard Elliot Cadeau, at 6-foot-1.
    — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The wolverine was spotted by two people fishing in the river, which is near Portland.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • For animals like wolverines and monarch butterflies, this could be the beginning of the end.
    — Adam Aton, Science | AAAS, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Scientists in Utah have captured, collared and released a wolverine for the first time.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The ravens would circle, the wolverine would lumber through the spruce, the foxes and wolves would trot down the river, frosted snouts high in the air.
    — Diana Saverin, Longreads, 25 July 2024

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