feral

Example Sentences

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"Here on Rathlin in 2017, a feral ferret reached one of our puffin colonies and killed 27 puffins in a two-day period," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The virus is better known in the U.S. for sweeping through dairy herds, where it infected dozens of dairy workers, millions of cows and thousands of wild, feral and domestic mammals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Among the precursors of the two-part documentary “Wild Boys: Strangers in Town” is Francois Truffaut’s “The Wild Child” of 1970, the dramatized story of Victor of Aveyron, the celebrated feral enfant of late 1700s France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

A feral, terrified look in her dark eyes, wet with tears.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel