hyena

Example Sentences

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A window fell out of the hyena enclosure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

A brown hyena standing beside the ruins of an abandoned diamond mining settlement has earned wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

This is a musical that treasures goofy imperfection, a scene where McInnerny does a funny little tap dance, or the joy in Shannon’s hyena cackle.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024

While female-dominated hyena societies may not strike some as technically "queer," the same cannot be said of the countless male lions who spend most of their time in all-male groups called coalitions.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2024

A lot of the stories were about animals and being brave around animals, or things like why hyena is called hyena or why an animal acts the way it does.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau