wild animal

Example Sentences

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Today’s readers might recoil at the thought of a Scotsman making a pet out of a wild animal caught in southern Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

"That's the worst thing you can do to a wild animal," Crowther said.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

“Natural gas, historically speaking, is the wild animal of the commodities space,” said Robert Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho Securities USA.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

“He looked like a literal man amongst boys, like someone had let a wild animal loose,” Alexander says.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

We didn't know it then, but the coming months would teach us what it was like to spend time in the presence of a wild animal, something completely unpredictable.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris