Wondering how to use Feral in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as savage or wild.
Feral meaning
- Wild; untamed.
- Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.
Feral vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Feral
- The main meaning on this page is: Wild; untamed. | Wild; untamed. | Of an animal, wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors; thus, in the wild, although not necessarily of the wild type.
- Useful related words include: ferine, savage, wild, untamed.
- Possible Dutch translations are: verwilderd, wild, ongetemd.
- In the example corpus, feral often appears in combinations such as: feral cats, of feral, and feral.
Context around Feral
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Feral
- In this selection, "feral" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, feeding, thing, limerick, cats, feline and colonies stand out and add context to how "feral" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about feeding feral animals, aggressive as feral cows tend and feral cats. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "feral" sits close to words such as aberdeenshire, abound and arteries, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with feral
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Feral cats won’t be treated. (6 words)
Please note all feral cats must come in feral cat traps. (11 words)
Feral cats are believed to kill six million animals every single night. (12 words)
Cr Barrie was critiquing the look or vibe of the inner-city when she said "it's just feral" and that civic pride is at an "all time low" for residents near the Hunter Street Mall and in the city. (40 words)
The Legislature settled on a less-draconian effort to require the state Department of Agriculture to work with each county to implement unspecified feral chicken control programs and develop education campaigns about feeding feral animals. (35 words)
In much of the world, they coexist with both humans and felines: in Israel, which is home to an estimated one million feral cats, crested larks are so abundant the birds are officially considered pests. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
From the age 10 he frequently would volunteer with Wild Thing – Feral Feline Fix in Jefferson City, feeding feral colonies.
Limerick Feral Cats provides food and shelter for feral cats in Limerick, as well as performing its ‘trap, neuter, return’ programme.
The Legislature settled on a less-draconian effort to require the state Department of Agriculture to work with each county to implement unspecified feral chicken control programs and develop education campaigns about feeding feral animals.
Please note all feral cats must come in feral cat traps.
The numbers of feral cats is not known, but estimates of the US feral population range from 25 to 60 million.
According to her, people often dump stray or feral cats on his property, and he shoots them.
As aggressive as feral cows tend to be, hunting them on foot sounds like a great way to get stomped to death.
Author A. A. Milne’s beloved characters undergo a drastic makeover as they are transformed into feral serial killers who prey upon the residents of the Hundred-Acre Woods.
Barbara Mooney, another East Vancouver resident, says it's only a matter of time before the feral raccoons seriously hurt someone.
Both domestic and feral cats are a significant threat to the survival of many native species including about 80 endangered and threatened small mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Cr Barrie was critiquing the look or vibe of the inner-city when she said "it's just feral" and that civic pride is at an "all time low" for residents near the Hunter Street Mall and in the city.
Driven by a small team of volunteers, it housed countless feral, abandoned and surrendered cats.
Feral cats are believed to kill six million animals every single night.
Feral cats won’t be treated.
Feral Ghouls have never been more terrifying, outright throwing themselves at the Sole Survivor while running in a haphazard and creepy manner.
Given the concern about feral rabbits in North Red Deer, some provisions could be added to it, she added.
Greater Dandenong’s curfew was proposed in response to the council’s “overpopulation” of feral and stray cats creating a nuisance and slaying wildlife, with 700 felines impounded by the council each year.
If you recall a few weeks back, I fostered two feral kittens, Wednesday and Gomez.
In much of the world, they coexist with both humans and felines: in Israel, which is home to an estimated one million feral cats, crested larks are so abundant the birds are officially considered pests.
It's not uncommon for something strange to befall the Bat-Family, including getting a temporary power boost that unlocks a feral new form.
Phrases with feral
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with feral
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- feral cats 38×
- of feral 19×
- and feral 18×
- the feral 16×
- feral hogs 13×
- feral cat 10×
- feral and 10×
- feral pigs 8×
- by feral 7×
- are feral 6×