How to Use elephant in a Sentence
elephant
noun
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The elephant isn’t just in the room, it’s sprawled across both of your laps, singing show tunes.
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Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2023
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But there’s a lot left to learn about the young elephant, Barthel says.
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Vicky Hallett,
Washington Post,
13 Dec. 2022
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The rest of the elephants then also joined the rampage.
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David Faris,
Newsweek,
10 July 2024
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That's about the same as four blue whales or 100 African elephants.
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Ina Fried,
Axios,
10 Jan. 2025
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Osh the African elephant makes quick work of a whole coconut.
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Fox News,
5 Apr. 2024
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This was one of the last of the elephant kin in North America.
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Peter Brannen,
The Atlantic,
22 June 2022
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The elephant would just leave a pile of kindling there.
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Françoise Mouly,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2022
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The elephant in aisle 1 The shadow of Walmart looms over the dispute.
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J.j. McCorvey,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2024
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Tim got on a roll about a story about Siamese elephants joined at the trunk.
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Mikey O'Connell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Apr. 2023
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The second elephant in the theater is, of course, the cross-dressing.
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Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2021
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The prince is huddling next to an elephant that fell a small distance from the rest.
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Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
28 Sep. 2021
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During the day, the group sculpted a statue of an elephant out of mud.
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Dino Grandoni and Kim Bellware,
Anchorage Daily News,
6 Sep. 2023
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Here’s the test: For two minutes, please don’t think about a big pink elephant.
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Micah Solomon,
Forbes,
1 Oct. 2021
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Costly court battles led to the end of elephant acts in 2016.
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Mark Kennedy,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2023
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The erratic is shaped like an elephant’s head, with a large ear and trunk.
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Chelsey Lewis,
Journal Sentinel,
23 June 2022
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Within a few years, the park had goats, monkeys and more elephants.
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Drake Bentley,
Journal Sentinel,
8 Oct. 2024
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The boy loved wearing elephant bibs and shirts, Whitley said.
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Holly Yan,
CNN,
10 May 2023
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Spending time in the hide, with elephants mere yards away, was a hands-down highlight.
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Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Aug. 2024
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The shots are seldom fatal and deter the elephants for a couple of months.
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Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2023
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Sweet corn in the vegetable garden will reach that elephant’s eye a whole lot faster in this kind of heat.
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Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
14 June 2022
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Trong Nhi and Nhi Linh have started to meet the other females in the zoo’s elephant herd.
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Dana Hedgpeth,
Washington Post,
13 Dec. 2022
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The younger baby elephant is waiting for his first weigh-in.
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PEOPLE.com,
1 Feb. 2022
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The zoo has used the same habitat to house its elephants for 35 years, but will soon close the exhibit for good.
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Jason Mastrodonato,
The Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2024
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Botswana is home to the largest elephant population in the African continent, and the world.
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Emma Ogao,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2024
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Bears, elephants, camels and monkeys were on loan from the Central Park Zoo.
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Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
26 Nov. 2024
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Alan told me about a scene that didn’t make the movie’s final cut that featured an elephant.
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Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
30 Sep. 2021
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This adorable elephant design comes in five colors, and in sizes up to 24 months.
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Marisa Lascala and Lori Bergamotto,
Good Housekeeping,
12 Jan. 2023
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Tourneau was thrown from the vehicle and trampled by the elephant.
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CBS News,
21 June 2024
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Adults hid in the shade of young trees and took photos with green sculptures of dinosaurs, elephants, and bears.
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Haiane Avakian,
The Atlantic,
27 Sep. 2023
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At that point the elephants, peaceful, placid and wise, will rise to power, and from them will rise an even greater Broadway musical.
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Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
20 Dec. 2024
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