How to Use yearling in a Sentence

yearling

noun
  • Some were looking for bull and heifer yearlings to breed or raise for meat.
    — Danika Worthington, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2017
  • The yearling was seen crying alone in a tree for over 10 hours.
    — Christy Namee Eriksen, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2022
  • These bears are likely yearlings kicked out of their home range by their mothers.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Both species have stable buck-to-doe and yearling buck-to-adult buck ratios.
    — Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life, 12 July 2019
  • Kuester said Penny is a good-natured yearling and good sport.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
  • In the first photo, the fuzzy yearling clings to a tree and looks toward the camera.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • The yearling colt wore out her pasture, sprinting from point to point as if he were being chased.
    — New York Times, 6 May 2022
  • The lambs born this year will be sold in 2019 as yearlings, Bush said.
    — Andy Porter, The Seattle Times, 26 Apr. 2018
  • This spring, a blond yearling started sniffing around the Yamkovenkos’ back door.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Last year, however, bear cub intake surged to eight yearlings.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Nearby, three deer — a momma and two yearlings — strolled down to the water’s edge and took a drink.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Long Island seems to be a summer nursery area for yearlings.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The yearling scrambled back up its tree, then let go and fell, landing with a sickening thud.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Wildlife officers were unable to locate the moose and her yearling.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 27 May 2026
  • The hindquarters of a typical yearling bull moose will weigh around 100 pounds.
    — Steve Meyer, Alaska Dispatch News, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The Lassen Pack is believed to have five adults and a yearling, according to wildlife cams.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2019
  • But as a two-year-old, Zedan offers a little bit more information than a yearling.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
  • The former $1,000 yearling has run five times this year and has not finished worse than second.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 8 May 2021
  • Spielberg, a $1-million purchase as a yearling, got off to a slower-than-hoped-for start in his career.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Among the three yearlings relocated last year, one was shot and killed by a hunter in Quebec about three weeks later.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Two of Carr's diners are a pair of brother-sister yearlings the size of Saint Bernards.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Ticks are particularly fatal to yearling moose and calves.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • In that encounter, a 65-pound yearling lion grabbed a 6-year-old boy from his parents and dragged the boy into the brush.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The pack roams along the Idaho state line and has eight members, including a breeding male and female and five yearlings.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The bear had two yearlings with it — one was captured and released in the Ocala National Forest.
    — Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 May 2018
  • One of Louisiana's five has been seen flying, and, along with a yearling is counted in the 70-member flock.
    — Janet McConnaughey, Chron, 14 July 2021
  • The horse was bought for $5,500 as a yearling at the Barretts sale in California.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020
  • Jane bought Lil Indy, a $2,200 horse as a yearling, for more than a million dollars to be a broodmare.
    — Wally Hall, Arkansas Online, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Roughly a half dozen shutter bugs approached the moose, some creeping within 40 feet of the adults, even placing themselves at times right in the midst of the bull, the cow and the yearlings.
    — Charlie Brennan, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2019
  • The yearling was the 83rd Florida bear to die in a collision with a vehicle so far this year and the fifth on I-4 since the new year began.
    — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, 26 June 2019

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