Sentence examples for caught bears from inspiring English sources

The crowd booed vociferously, and ProFootballTalk thought they may have caught Bears quarterback Jay Cutler giving the finger after the play.

The term bear may derive from the proverb about "selling the bearskin before one has caught the bear" or perhaps from selling when one is "bare" of stock.

To protect the residents and tourists from these bears the town has a system where the 'bear police' would catch these bears and put them in a 'polar bear jail' until the ice freezes, at which point the bear police would transport these bears by helicopter and drop them onto the ice so that the bears can hunt and find food on their own.

So she set out the trap and caught a bear cub.

Wildlife officials set a trap in her driveway and caught the bear two nights later.

Another explanation of the term comes from the Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898), which cited the proverb of "selling the skin before you have caught the bear," and referred to those who entered into contracts in the notorious South Sea bubble in the early 18th century, to transfer stock at a stated price.

Wildlife officials have since caught the bear and are hoping to return him to the wild.

Although not a key game species, the monkeys often get caught in bear traps, and the influx of Chinese logging companies is further jeopardizing their habitat, the researchers say.

The Department of Wildlife set up a cage and caught a bear... but it was the wrong one.

With a little luck, you could catch the bears cuddling with their cubs or sparring, like the bears below.

(Usually another child gets to catch the bears, which invariably fly all about).