How to Use llama in a Sentence

llama

noun
  • And now, days later, there’s a llama on The Masked Singer.
    Robbie Daw, Billboard, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Owen even used an old name for the llama to come up with the genus Macrauchenia.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 June 2017
  • Just watch out for alpaca and llama herders on the route.
    Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2019
  • Four of the wayward llama’s four-legged friends gathered on the other side of the fence to watch.
    Debbi Baker, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 June 2017
  • The post includes a photo of a woman, a man and a llama.
    Mark Davis, kansascity, 12 Jan. 2018
  • If that’s not enough to tempt you, the game also comes with a cardboard llama.
    Owen Duffy, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2017
  • In a side-by-side clip, Luke eats his snack while their pet llama, Pekka, chews some hay.
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Save the drama and dress up like a llama with this fun idea from Crafty Chica!
    Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 22 Oct. 2018
  • Their favorite part of the room is the llama and ostrich paintings above their beds.
    Diana Bruk, Cosmopolitan, 17 Aug. 2016
  • There's been no llama drama yet, but there were cows in Queens.
    Jack Holmes, Esquire, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Preschoolers around the world can’t seem to get enough llama drama.
    Jackie Frere, Redbook, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The officer checked the area but was unable to locate the llama.
    Star Tribune Staff, Star Tribune, 8 May 2021
  • Learn to make your own piñata in the shape of a cactus, Frida Kahlo or llama.
    Carolina Gusman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 May 2018
  • Prieto said, adding that the children were buried facing the sea, while the llamas faced the Andes Mountains to the east.
    Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The fashion - and the llama - wasn't the only attraction, though.
    Heather Leighton, Houston Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The llamas were all less than 18 months old and were buried facing east, toward the Andes.
    Marwa Eltagouri, ajc, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The heads were broken off each of the three llamas depicted in the sculpture, the police said.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Inside, the team found a small, coral-colored figurine of a llama made from the shell of a rare spiny oyster.
    Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The next morning, board the train for the 3.5-hour ride to Machu Picchu and spend the day scrambling between temples and llamas.
    Rebecca Misner, CNT, 22 Aug. 2017
  • One looks kind of like a llama, so people call them llamas.
    Théoden Janes, charlotteobserver, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Thus was born the llama, and the animal has been an emblem of the Andes ever since.
    Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 19 June 2020
  • But the real star of that tour was the llama McCarthy encountered in the hallway.
    Joanna Robinson, VanityFair.com, 14 May 2017
  • There are 67 finalists, which include a llama, sliced bagel, a tooth and a lab coat.
    Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • That is a blue llama Groot is holding in one of the ending shots of the announcement trailer.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 June 2021
  • One of the show’s main attractions are the animals: elephants, a llama, ponies and a camel.
    Mary Ann Ashcraft, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 8 May 2021
  • Around the club, every room is decorated with at least a llama, the mascot for the branch.
    Laura Gómez, azcentral, 15 May 2018
  • Dressed up in suit and tie, the llama made an excellent addition to the team of groomsmen.
    Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • Or, if the kids love animals, head out on a one-of-a-kind llama adventure.
    Nena Farrell, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • While our guide talked, viscachas — Peruvian chinchillas — scurried atop the walls and a quartet of wild llamas gathered on one of the lawns.
    Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
  • After years of chatter about Minecraft coming to the big screen, our first look at the film has finally arrived, featuring creepers, llamas, zombie piglins, and Jack Black in the all-too important role of Steve.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024

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