Examples of gorilla in a Sentence
She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.
the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to “convince” him to pay up
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Sharon had come over to the studio to see me with a housewarming gift: a life-size duplicate of Koko, this massive gorilla.
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Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
Even though most gorilla treks in Rwanda and Uganda take place in the summer (the area’s dry season), the gorillas live in the rainforest, so rain can be expected anytime.
—Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2025
Praveen Moman, founder of Volcanoes Safaris, a tour company specializing in gorilla and chimpanzee ecotourism in Uganda and Rwanda since 1997, personally witnessed the above during the lockdowns.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The system rendered a continuous 60-second scene of a woman cooking as a gorilla entered the kitchen and hugged her.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2025
Even though most gorilla treks in Rwanda and Uganda take place in the summer (the area’s dry season), the gorillas live in the rainforest, so rain can be expected anytime.
—Claire Gallam, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2025
Praveen Moman, founder of Volcanoes Safaris, a tour company specializing in gorilla and chimpanzee ecotourism in Uganda and Rwanda since 1997, personally witnessed the above during the lockdowns.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The system rendered a continuous 60-second scene of a woman cooking as a gorilla entered the kitchen and hugged her.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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“Gorilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gorilla. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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gorilla
noun
go·ril·la
gə-ˈril-ə 
: a typically black ape of equatorial Africa that is much larger but stands less erect than the related chimpanzee
Etymology
derived from Greek Gorillai, a name used by ancient explorers for what they thought was a tribe of hairy women in Africa
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