How to Use flamingo in a Sentence

flamingo

noun
  • Kool, the bassist, wore a patterned shirt in shades of flamingo.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 18 June 2018
  • The hotel even had its own flock of pink flamingos in the 1960s.
    Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 June 2018
  • The carotenoid pigments in this alga gives flamingos their pinkish hue.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
  • Emoji of sloths, flamingos, yo-yos, butter, and falafels may be coming to your phone next year.
    Emily Price, Fortune, 1 June 2018
  • And then there are the super specific ones, like the axe, razor, flamingo, and briefs — as in men’s underwear.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 1 June 2018
  • Brody's space includes a lush, dinosaur-themed bedroom and a playroom with pink flamingo wallpaper.
    Lisa Van Loo, azcentral, 7 June 2018
  • This spring, the flamingos started constructing nests in preparation for breeding.
    Alex Stuckey, San Antonio Express-News, 3 June 2018
  • Murals range from wild animals playing guitars to wild cactuses and flamingos.
    Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Then, over Labor Day weekend, one of the zoo’s cormorants died, as did a pheasant, a bald eagle, and three flamingos.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Dozens of other bird species call the park home year round, including night herons, great white egrets, kingfishers and the delta’s year-round resident flock of greater flamingos.
    Smithsonian, 15 June 2018
  • Sloths, flamingos, yo-yos, waffles, and falafels are among the possibilities, according to the Unicode Consortium.
    Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 4 June 2018
  • Part of the experience will also be some of the extras, like riders admiring a flock of up to 25 flamingoes — a peaceful moment before the journey through water rapids begins.
    Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 June 2018
  • The flamingo exhibit has been at the zoo since the 1970s.
    NBC News, 3 May 2022
  • These flamingos can live up to 30 years and can get up to 5 feet tall.
    cincinnati.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • There is a pink flamingo on top of the sandwich and it's served with fries.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2023
  • The night spun out like a fever dream of feathers, fluffy tulle, and flamingos.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 May 2019
  • And of course there are the namesake pink flamingos to watch while snacking at the cafe.
    Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • And then there’s the sloth, the flamingo, the skunk, the orangutan, as well as a new yawning emoji.
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2019
  • There’s a slide, a cute flamingo and monkey, a ring toss game, and five balls.
    Lindsay Tigar, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
  • One flamingo was seen as far north as Cape Cod and the Hamptons.
    Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
  • To stir up the tastiest treats, flamingos will stamp their webbed feet.
    Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 26 June 2019
  • The flamingo gives up its search, unfurls its pale pink wings and flies.
    New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The Fort Worth Zoo has welcomed 17 lesser flamingo chicks over the past month, with even more on the way.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The resort is home to about 60 wildlife species such as flamingos, turtles, and koi fish.
    Karen Cicero, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
  • At the bottom of the steps in front of the house were plants in owl pots, a flamingo watering bed and chickens in the back yard.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2022
  • The flamingo flower, as it's sometimes called, can last up to eight weeks.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 July 2022
  • Li, who competes in the 61kg class, utilized a sort of flamingo stance en route to two Olympic records and a gold medal.
    Alyssa Hertel, USA TODAY, 25 July 2021
  • The nap box user will sleep in the pod like a flamingo, standing upright.
    Fortune, 15 July 2022
  • Lesser flamingos are one of six flamingo species found around the world.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
  • When the flamingo starts flapping his wings, children start to flap their arms, and so do grown-ups.
    National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2020

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