timber wolf

Example Sentences

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The timber wolf, the bison and the eland all experienced T. R.’s dead aim, although the giant polar bear rug in the otherwise feminine drawing room came courtesy of Robert Peary, the Arctic explorer.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2015

Back in the 1940s, according to a book by the former professor Bill Beezley, cheerleaders would bring a timber wolf named State to games.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2014

It was an American timber wolf named Rugby, filmed in a mock Olympic Village hallway in the United States by the comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2014

Since his subjects included the grizzly bear and the grey, or timber, wolf, this is easy to understand.

From Time Magazine Archive

A flux of circumstances delivered the Laughing Man’s best friend, his timber wolf, Black Wing, into a physical and intellectual trap set by the Dufarges.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger