How to Use rhino in a Sentence

rhino

noun
  • The black rhino was not harmed.
    — Ryan Brennan april 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That’s more than one rhino killed per day.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
  • No shots were fired and the black rhino was not hurt.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Want to spend all day with the rhinos roaming the park?
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Their goal was to check on the rhino and provide care.
    — Ryan Brennan april 27, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The species would have been more of a grazer, like the white rhino.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The zoo said there aren’t many southern white rhinos left in the world.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The rhino harrumphed, stared back, and pawed at the ground—but didn’t charge.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
  • We were joined by a couple of relaxed white rhinos on one evening.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Ching also sent the source photos of rhino horns that were for sale.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • His son took on the mantle and opened a lodge of his own but was gored to death by a rhino.
    — Melissa Twigg, CNN, 20 May 2022
  • Both calves were sired by Bernard, who is now dad to 17 rhinos.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • For the northern white rhino, those measures came too late.
    — Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Aria, a wild black rhino, prepares for a new portion of her life at the zoo.
    — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
  • White rhinos aren’t white, of course, but the slate grey of a northern sea in winter.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The idea for breeding rhinos came from his son, then 15, as a school project.
    — Rhett Ayers Butler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • If charged by a rhino, the wise thing to do is simply step to the right, like a matador.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • There are only two northern white rhinos left on Earth.
    — Jade Walker, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • On that hunt, the major game killed included a rhino and lynx.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 9 July 2020
  • And even though overall rhino numbers are up, so is the threat of poaching.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
  • White rhinos are the second-largest land mammal on Earth.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Thank you so much to everyone who voted and helped to name the new baby rhino!
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The rhino was hit several times but managed to escape the trees.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The team drove for hours across the desert before finally spotting a rhino.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • An oxpecker in dark plumage and a bright orange bill perched on the crown of the rhino’s head like the king’s fool.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In this case, because of the grazing diet common to all rhinos.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
  • In 2022, one of those same rhinos sold for just $6 million.
    — David Lê, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For Muller, the sight of a dehorned rhino was preferable to finding a dead one.
    — Rhett Ayers Butler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • As the rhino’s legs buckled, Rogers and his team entered the boma.
    — Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Ajani Joe walks with his mom, Seyia, in the eastern black rhino reserve.
    — cincinnati.com, 30 Apr. 2021

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