beaver
Example Sentences
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But leaders themselves need to learn from those eager beavers.
A Vermont couple raised an orphaned beaver kit and prepared it to return to the wild.
John Aberth’s “Bringing up Beaver” is a fascinating—and deeply humbling—account of the lengths to which the author and his wife, Laura Hamilton, went to to accommodate one, then two, young beavers.
Another innovation: "Green eggs" or devices that listen for beavers, whose digging can be devastating for flood defences.
From Barron's
The phenomenon is referred to as the “Beaver Moon” because it’s a time when beavers build their dams and take shelter before the ground freezes, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
