How to Use bruin in a Sentence

bruin

noun
  • But this bruin had laid up too much of his winter’s fat already.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
  • There are no men’s and women’s finals to split up the bruins.
    — Gloria Dickie, Outside, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Bears usually avoid skunks, but the young bruin in this video didn’t.
    — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Large traps made out of culverts were set around the area in hopes of capturing the bruin.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 8 July 2021
  • Holding you down with its paws, the bruin begins scalping you with its front teeth.
    — Peter Stark, Outside Online, 25 June 2013
  • Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.
    — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The bruin smashed a window and left only smeared icing and a paw print behind.
    — Fox News, 13 May 2018
  • The Bruins then struck right back in the bottom of the inning with five runs on seven hits.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
  • The Bruins were in ninth place in the East, a spot out of playoff contention.
    — A.j. Perez, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Hunters can turn their hounds loose on wild bruins at any time, provided the dogs are called off after the bears are treed.
    — John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Vying for the honor of being named the chonkiest bear is about much more than stardom for these bruins.
    — Gloria Dickie, Outside, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Garbage cans, pet food and hobby chickens are just too much temptation for bruins to resist.
    — Ben Long, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But that apparently doesn't mean the Bruins don't have a solid fan base in the area.
    — John Altavilla, courant.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • New Brunswick doesn’t produce many record book bears but Rogersville is a good place to look for a big bruin.
    — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 2 Apr. 2020
  • More bears means more cubs and, as the bruins compete for food to feed their young, more are ambling out of the woods, across roads and highways.
    — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Dec. 2017
  • The tiny bullet hit the charging bruin in the center of its left eye, penetrating to the brain.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This bantam bruin was her mother’s first-born, so this year was a learning experience for both mom and cub.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The park is famous for its hiking trails, abundant wildlife like the bruin buddy above, and vibrant flora.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 8 May 2026
  • The five-star recruit finished his lone season with the Bruins as the team’s leading scorer.
    — Orange County Register, 30 Mar. 2017
  • Sure enough, a glossy, black bruin lumbered around in a neon green creek bottom, just barely visible from our vantage.
    — Kevin Farron, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • LaFreniere said the bear had just about worked its way out of the snare, with the cable loop barely holding the bruin by a claw.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The footage shows skiers nonchalantly turning back and forth across a groomed trail when a bruin is seen loping across the slope on the left-hand side.
    — Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Hough recorded some of the lallygagging bruin enjoying the jets of the tub just like a human.
    — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 3 July 2018
  • Propst hasn’t allowed the grisly encounter with the bruin to dampen his enthusiasm for the chase.
    — John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The bruin had damaged the Subaru Outback so badly that the doors would not unlock.
    — Fox News, 21 June 2018
  • The bear confronts the skunk at close range, but rather than fleeing, the skunk takes a few steps toward the bruin, rocks forward and back, and raises its tail.
    — Popular Science, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Youngsters took on Goliath the Bear and predictably came out on top over the bruin in every instance.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2022
  • The Bruins are trying to boost what was the FBS’ second-worst running game last year.
    — Genaro C. Armas, The Seattle Times, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The Bruins continued to pour it on in the fourth, scoring three runs on five consecutive one-out singles.
    — Oregonian/oregonlive Sports, OregonLive.com, 27 May 2017
  • In fact, the word 'love' was used on multiple occasions when referring to the Bruins and its coaching staff.
    — James Smith, NOLA.com, 6 July 2017

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