How to Use prairie in a Sentence

prairie

noun
  • The train tracks extend over miles of prairie.
  • Millions of buffalo once roamed the prairies.
  • Rules are like fence posts in the prairie—easy to get around.
    — Thomas M. Boyd, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Here are some of Vogt's picks for a prairie yard.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026
  • The birds prefer to nest on the ground in open fields and prairies.
    — oregonlive.com, 11 June 2019
  • From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam.
    — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
  • Now, almost all the prairies are gone, and much of the woods, too.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The preserve is famous for its swamps and wet prairies.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The path led across a watery prairie feathered with saw grass.
    — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The first green shoots of pasqueflowers will push up in prairies.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Dozens of butterflies danced across a prairie filled with the plants this week.
    — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 29 Jan. 2018
  • But the quilts aren't headed for a gallery — they're headed for the prairie.
    — Derek James, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Chasing down pronghorn on the open prairie is about a lot more than just winning the race.
    — Popular Science, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Today, most of the old windmills have been torn down or left to rust out on the prairie.
    — Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The prairie grasses at the park are home to coyotes, deer, and, of course, prairie dogs.
    — Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The bright lights of the big city are gone, but stars shine not just over the open prairies, but on the court, too.
    — Steve Popper, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2017
  • There are parts of the park that look like patches of Colorado prairie.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • On the prairie—from the French word for meadow—horses thrived.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 July 2025
  • Wake up before sunrise, head to the prairie and start moving.
    — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The settlers who came here saw, in the harsh prairie, a chance to make a life in the wilderness.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2020
  • What to Know As most people know, the prairie is big and wide open.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There are also several huts spread across the prairie.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Here is a tale of hardy pioneers, in a little house on a prairie far, far away.
    — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 16 July 2021
  • Down the block, a working windmill towers over the prairie.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Raedeke said breeding conditions on the prairies were good for the third straight year.
    — Todd Engle, kansascity, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The region’s mix of prairie and dense brush made the habitat a jaguar’s paradise.
    — Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Its maple-like foliage pops among wispier prairie grasses.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026
  • Listen for the prairie’s buzzy song and the chat’s odd mix of random noise that passes for a song.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 4 May 2018
  • The dress had long and loose-fitting prairie sleeves with cutouts and a button detail on the cuffs.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Hope was part of a blackland prairie known as the Prairie De Roan.
    — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2021

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