Examples of gorilla in a Sentence
She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.
the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to “convince” him to pay up
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This can happen only when the public around you is more than just the person in the gorilla suit who usually shows up to these things.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
AudioQuest, the 800-pound gorilla of the industry, makes a full range of products at all price points from affordable to just-plain-silly.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
In 2017, a Flamin’ Hot Cheeto that looked like Harambe, the famous gorilla killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016, sold for $99,900 on eBay.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Koko the gorilla and Washoe the chimpanzee learned signs that were adapted from American Sign Language.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2025
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2025
AudioQuest, the 800-pound gorilla of the industry, makes a full range of products at all price points from affordable to just-plain-silly.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
In 2017, a Flamin’ Hot Cheeto that looked like Harambe, the famous gorilla killed at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016, sold for $99,900 on eBay.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Koko the gorilla and Washoe the chimpanzee learned signs that were adapted from American Sign Language.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Gorilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gorilla. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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gorilla
noun
go·ril·la
gə-ˈril-ə 
: a typically black ape of equatorial Africa that is much larger but stands less erect than the related chimpanzee
Etymology
derived from Greek Gorillai, a name used by ancient explorers for what they thought was a tribe of hairy women in Africa
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