gentle giant

noun

: a large but gentle person or animal

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Particularly appealing is Andrii, a gentle giant who found his niche working with animals after years of homelessness and addiction. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025 Later, after seeing how much fulfillment Iceland, the gentle giant renting her parents’ house, gets out of his relationship with his dog, Sam decides to pour all of her longing for connection into adopting Pepper, an adorable Pomeranian at the local shelter, but someone else gets there first. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024 Whale sharks—gentle giants bigger than school buses—glide through the depths from March and April and October to December, while the Halliburton wreck sits ever-waiting, and another site offers radiant coral reef. Alexandra Gillespie, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024 From November through March, visitors and wildlife enthusiasts from all over the world flock to the quiet Old Florida town to snag face time with the gentle giants. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gentle giant 

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“Gentle giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentle%20giant. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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