How to Use flamingo in a Sentence
flamingo
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The hotel even had its own flock of pink flamingos in the 1960s.
—Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 June 2018
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The flamingo exhibit has been at the zoo since the 1970s.
—NBC News, 3 May 2022
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Kool, the bassist, wore a patterned shirt in shades of flamingo.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 18 June 2018
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These flamingos can live up to 30 years and can get up to 5 feet tall.
—cincinnati.com, 3 Dec. 2019
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There is a pink flamingo on top of the sandwich and it's served with fries.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2023
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The night spun out like a fever dream of feathers, fluffy tulle, and flamingos.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 May 2019
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And of course there are the namesake pink flamingos to watch while snacking at the cafe.
—Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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There are pictures of flamingos in the main office, and the staff wears pink shirts.
—Madeline Ziecker, Marie Claire, 11 Feb. 2016
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And then there’s the sloth, the flamingo, the skunk, the orangutan, as well as a new yawning emoji.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2019
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There’s a slide, a cute flamingo and monkey, a ring toss game, and five balls.
—Lindsay Tigar, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
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One flamingo was seen as far north as Cape Cod and the Hamptons.
—Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2024
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Pogu chased but never quite caught the guy dressed as a flamingo.
—Greg Mellen, Orange County Register, 8 May 2017
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To stir up the tastiest treats, flamingos will stamp their webbed feet.
—Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 26 June 2019
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The flamingo gives up its search, unfurls its pale pink wings and flies.
—New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
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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
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Teal, a months-old Chilean flamingo, died Jan. 8 and Slater, a 7-year-old harbor seal, died Jan. 9.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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The author then closed out the carousel with a snap of several flamingos.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
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The resort is home to about 60 wildlife species such as flamingos, turtles, and koi fish.
—Karen Cicero, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
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But flamingos on the Cuban island of Cayo Coco died in the thousands.
—C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
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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
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The flamingo flower, as it's sometimes called, can last up to eight weeks.
—Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 July 2022
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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
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The nap box user will sleep in the pod like a flamingo, standing upright.
—Fortune, 15 July 2022
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Lesser flamingos are one of six flamingo species found around the world.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
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Bills backing the flamingo and the scrub jay have been proposed in recent years but have not passed.
—News Service Of Florida, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
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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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Lost and found: A flamingo escaped a Kansas zoo in 2005.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
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The cheeky flamingo pattern will add some pop to your patio style.
—Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
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Near a fence, strollers pause as chubby fingers point at the flamingos.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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Next year, the zoo will also debut a walk-through flamingo exhibit, where guests can get closer than ever to the animals and feed them, spokesperson Maria Bryant tells Axios.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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