How to Use hippo in a Sentence

hippo

noun

• And the future doesn't look bright for the 36-year old hippo.
  — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 30 Oct. 2017
• The calf, the only pygmy hippo at the zoo, will have his name go to a vote.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
• Less than 2,500 pygmy hippos live in Africa, the zoo said.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 16 May 2020
• The Cincinnati Zoo said Bibi the hippo gave birth to a healthy calf around 10 p.m.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022
• Amahle is the ninth hippo calf born at the zoo and the 13th to her mother, Funani.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2020
• The zoo set out two boxes, one for each team, for the 1-year-old hippo.
  — Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 4 Feb. 2018
• Was there any doubt that Fiona the hippo is a Bengals fan?
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2022
• From the right comes the snort of hippos, whose tiny eyes glint yellow in the beam of our flashlights.
  — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
• An adult pygmy hippo can live up to 50 years and reach half the height of a full-size hippo.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
• But what about the cute little faience hippo in the same vitrine?
  — New York Times, 6 Jan. 2022
• Fritz is Bibi the hippo's second calf and the younger brother to the world-famous Fiona.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2022
• Fritz is Bibi the hippo’s second calf and the younger brother to the world-famous Fiona.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
• There’s a hippo on the subway and a chic ostrich crossing the road in a beret and tall boots.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
• The depth of the testes' hiding places varied by as much as 16 inches from one hippo to the next.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2013
• Taweret has the head of a hippo, and the body parts of a feline and crocodile.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 4 May 2022
• Soon, this beloved hippo will hold a big place on a Cincinnati wall.
  — Enquirer Staff, Cincinnati.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Maybe even Fiona the hippo or the city's prominent arts scene.
  — Sarah Michels, The Enquirer, 29 June 2021
• The hippo was missing one leg, lying on its side and caked in mud.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2018
• More: Fiona and me: Love for a baby hippo, and for people, too.
  — Cincinnati.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• And in May, the theme is things in the zoo that are big: long giraffe necks, huge hippo teeth and big elephant ears.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017
• Who gets to come up with these, anyway?), an enormous hippo popped out of the lake.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2018
• The hippo took a tight grip of Yaldor’s leg and thrashed her around in the water for about 45 seconds.
  — Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• The weeks of waiting are over: The Dallas Zoo's baby hippo has a name.
  — Dallas News, 7 June 2019
• On Christmas Eve, the Virginia Zoo announced the birth of a rare pygmy hippo.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
• Last year, a car struck and killed a hippo crossing a highway.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
• Then the hippo turns, crushes you and doesn’t even notice.
  — Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2021
• Bibi the hippo gave birth to a healthy, full-term calf on Aug. 4, her second calf and the first sibling for the world-famous Fiona.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2022
• The zoo's Instagram page is full of content about the hippo.
  — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
• Molly Swindall traveled over 8,000 miles to Thailand just to see Moo Deng, a cute baby hippo that the internet has fallen for.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
• Pygmy hippos are half as tall and weigh about a quarter as much as a full-size hippo, according to the Pygmy Hippo Foundation conservation group.
  — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024