feral

Example Sentences

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Cats, domestic and feral, together take another billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Where feral pigs are present, land managers are encouraged to control their numbers to manage their impacts on agriculture and the environment.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

The sweet, slightly feral smell of soil shrugging off ice.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

For example, non-native feral hogs are now major predators of loggerhead sea turtle eggs along the Georgia coast, USA, while coyotes in eastern North America are expanding onto coastal barrier islands, altering those ecosystems.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Homer’s shining eyes, set in his round pudgy face, were at once feral and serene.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead