How to use wolf in a sentence
40 example sentences · noun, verb
Wolf means canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily. Example: “The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.”
Examples of wolf by meaning
nounA wolf tone or wolf note.
- The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.
nounAny very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
- They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
- the bee wolf
verbTo devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
- After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.1987, James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia
- Vicars seated himself and began wolfing a sandwich.2013, Neil Martin, Collected Stories of the Sea
More sentences with wolf
- They didn't earn much, but it was enough to keep the wolf from the door.From the entry keep the wolf from the door
- I'll grab a sandwich to keep the wolf from the door until dinner time.From the entry keep the wolf from the door
- The wolf held the chicken in a death grip until it stopped moving.From the entry death grip
- This cello has a terrible wolf tone on the D string.From the entry wolf tone
- I caught some good shots of a wolf bearing against a caribou.From the entry bear against
- Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!From the entry into
- The politicians would cry wolf at the slightest provocation so when the real threat appeared no one believed them.From the entry cry wolf
- He wolfed down a sandwich and coffee from the dairy lunch across the street before hurrying back to work.From the entry dairy lunch
- He wolfed down a ham sandwich.From the entry wolf down
- That wolf tree looks much older than the trees around it. I'd bet this was an empty field when it was young.From the entry wolf tree
- The wolf began upon the deer.From the entry begin upon
- My sona is a wolf dragon and I’ve taken some inspo from dutchies.2024 September 1, u/No_Criticism2025, Reddit, r/furry. From the entry dutchie
- Aristotle used vernacular names or names borrowed from terrestrial animals, such as mule, wolf or “sea toad”2023, G DeBucquet, “Consumer Perceptions of “Fish” Food”, in Current Challenges for the Aquatic Products. From the entry sea toad
- Below is an example of a typical Singaporean "bento", often wolfed down next to the computer.2020, Chan Joon Yee, “What Do I Eat?”, in Not Quite over the Hill: Swinging My Way to 60 and beyond, [S.l.]: Dewdrop Books. From the entry Singaporean
- Amid the noise of air horns, wolf whistles, and ghetto blasters shouting out old calypso tunes.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 158. From the entry ghetto blaster
- “This trip is a baptism of fire to become a wolf,” read another.2019 April 23, Meaghan Beatley, “The shocking rape trial that galvanised Spain’s feminists – and the far right”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry burundanga
- The Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) is Africa’s most endangered carnivore, and arguably the world’s most endangered canid.2018 May 25, Eric Hilaire, The Guardian. From the entry Ethiopian wolf
- Meanwhile, from Russia French women adopted "witz-chouras," or fur-lined (usually wolf) coats.2018, Christine Haynes, “Cosmopolitanism”, in Our Friends the Enemies: The Occupation of France after Napoleon, Cambridge, Mass.; London…. From the entry witzchoura
- Las Vegas Sheriff Joe Lombardo described the shooting as a "lone wolf" attack.2017 October 3, “Las Vegas shooting: At least 58 dead at Mandalay Bay Hotel”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2025. From the entry lone wolf
- Such analysis introduces significant legal uncertainty and may lead to excessive deterrence against wolf packing.2016, Robert Cyran, Richard Beales, NY TIMES, “Unpacking Wolf Packs”, in the yale law journal, volume 125, number 773, archived from the…. From the entry overpunish
- “Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl” is said for a reason.2015, A. Joy Lee, Success inside you. From the entry who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl
- Turning into a squirrel tends to cause fewer problems than turning into a wolf.2014, Marijn Haverbeke, “4: Data Structures: Objects and Arrays”, in Eloquent JavaScript, 2nd Ed.: A Modern Introduction to Programming…. From the entry lycanthropy
- They walk on the tips of their long feet and have thick ragged wolf tails.2014, Heather Gunn, Aspect Core Rulebook FC 2015 SC, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry wolfkin
- He wasn’t a boy, a feckless common soldier, he was a wolf.2013, Carrie Vaughn, “Unternehmen Werwolf”, in Paula Guran, editor, Halloween: Magic, Mystery, and the Macabre, Prime Books, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry heil
- On other nights it is just a regular wolf, furiously dog-paddling in the ocean.2013, Frank Lesser, Sad Monsters: Growling on the Outside, Crying on the Inside, →ISBN. From the entry merwolf
- There's hundreds of wolf anthros, but how many zebra-striped pig-tigers are there?2012, Lindsay Cibos, Jared Hodges, Draw More Furries: How to Create Anthropomorphic Fantasy Creatures. From the entry anthro
- A lot of selling of wolf tickets but never any blood.2010, Theodore Dallas Ashford, A Lone Pine Traveler, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry sell wolf tickets
- He may possibly have sold a reporter a handful of wolf tickets.2010, Donald Hall, Dock Ellis in the Country of Baseball, →ISBN, page 164. From the entry sell wolf tickets
- Yes, this was one of the men that had made wolf calls at her.2008, Jennifer Youngblood, Sandra Poole, Stoney Creek, Alabama, Denver, Colo.: Mapletree Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry wolf call
- The Führer’s favorite Alsatian wolf dog, Blondi, was poisoned by Dr.2003 May 27, John Toland, The Last 100 Days: The Tumultuous and Controversial Story of the Final Days of World War II in Europe, Random…. From the entry Alsatian wolf dog
- Following another fifteen-minute flurry of wolf tickets, young deputy Camel does the handcuff routine again.2002, Jimmy Lerner, quoted in African American Slang: A Linguistic Description (2015). From the entry wolf ticket
- Finally, Odin caught Fenris the wolf cub and dragged the howling, struggling beast back home to Asgard.2000, Vic Parker, Traditional Tales from Norse Lands, page 20. From the entry Fenris
- In a distant forest a wolf howled, felt embarrassed when no one joined in, and stopped.1986, Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic, published 2022, page 108. From the entry join in
- I'm a lone wolf ligger, but I ain't no pretty boy.1984 September 1, “Killed by Death”, in BBC. From the entry ligger
- Wolf had a faster pump than a slot-machine player on a hot streak.1984, Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 225. From the entry hot streak
Meaning of wolf
- noun Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- noun Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
- noun A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
Questions about wolf in a sentence
- How do you use wolf in a sentence?
- Wolf is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.”
- What is a short sentence with wolf?
- “the bee wolf”
- What does wolf mean?
- Wolf means canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
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