How to Use elephant in a Sentence

elephant

noun

• The elephant isn’t just in the room, it’s sprawled across both of your laps, singing show tunes.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• But there’s a lot left to learn about the young elephant, Barthel says.
  — Vicky Hallett, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• The rest of the elephants then also joined the rampage.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• Osh the African elephant makes quick work of a whole coconut.
  — Fox News, 5 Apr. 2024
• This was one of the last of the elephant kin in North America.
  — Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
• The elephant in aisle 1 The shadow of Walmart looms over the dispute.
  — J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
• Tim got on a roll about a story about Siamese elephants joined at the trunk.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023
• During the day, the group sculpted a statue of an elephant out of mud.
  — Dino Grandoni and Kim Bellware, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Costly court battles led to the end of elephant acts in 2016.
  — Mark Kennedy, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
• The erratic is shaped like an elephant’s head, with a large ear and trunk.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2022
• Within a few years, the park had goats, monkeys and more elephants.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
• The boy loved wearing elephant bibs and shirts, Whitley said.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 10 May 2023
• Spending time in the hide, with elephants mere yards away, was a hands-down highlight.
  — Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2024
• The shots are seldom fatal and deter the elephants for a couple of months.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Trong Nhi and Nhi Linh have started to meet the other females in the zoo’s elephant herd.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• The zoo has used the same habitat to house its elephants for 35 years, but will soon close the exhibit for good.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
• Botswana is home to the largest elephant population in the African continent, and the world.
  — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• This adorable elephant design comes in five colors, and in sizes up to 24 months.
  — Marisa Lascala and Lori Bergamotto, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 2023
• Tourneau was thrown from the vehicle and trampled by the elephant.
  — CBS News, 21 June 2024
• Adults hid in the shade of young trees and took photos with green sculptures of dinosaurs, elephants, and bears.
  — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
• To put that in context, one blue whale is roughly the length of two school buses and weighs about the same as 30 elephants.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
• These fish—the biggest on the planet—stretch up to 18 meters long and weigh as much as two elephants.
  — Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 24 Mar. 2023
• The elephant then flips the vehicle over and the passengers can be heard gasping as the car rolls over.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
• Piya the elephant, the 7-year-old daughter of his Indian friends.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 24 July 2022
• Even with Val gone late Monday night, the elephant in the locker room remained.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
• The young elephant has been making headlines since birth.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
• The goal: To bring back extinct species at some point in the future, be they elephants, wolves or humpback whales.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
• The elephant’s trunk was adorably wrapped around her, just above her growing baby bump.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 9 July 2023
• Toddlers are sure to love the adventures Pocoyo goes on with his adorable friends, including Pato the duck, Elly the elephant, and Loula the dog.
  — Sarah Scott, Parents, 28 Oct. 2024
• Over by the elephants, Molly Ringwald chatted next to Tommy Hilfiger.
  — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024