grizzly
adjective
somewhat gray; grayish.
grizzlies
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pluralof grizzly.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And it could be again — well maybe not the grizzlies or wolves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
He wrote the foreword for the scholarly book “California Grizzly” and from his Montana home keeps an eye on the well-being of his home state’s precariously small colony of grizzlies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Historians estimate that before the arrival of large numbers of European settlers, roughly 50,000 grizzlies ranged across the American West.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Assuming bears couldn’t live outside the designated regions, the study estimates that California could house around 1,183 grizzlies: 115 in the Transverse Ranges, 832 in the Sierra Nevada, and 236 in the Northwest Forest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
That was one good thing about winter in Alaska—not worrying about grizzlies.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
