How to Use flamingo in a Sentence

flamingo

noun
Definition of flamingonext
  • The hotel even had its own flock of pink flamingos in the 1960s.
    — Joy Wallace Dickinson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 June 2018
  • The flamingo exhibit has been at the zoo since the 1970s.
    — NBC News, 3 May 2022
  • Kool, the bassist, wore a patterned shirt in shades of flamingo.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 18 June 2018
  • 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
  • There are pictures of flamingos in the main office, and the staff wears pink shirts.
    — Madeline Ziecker, Marie Claire, 11 Feb. 2016
  • 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
  • Pogu chased but never quite caught the guy dressed as a flamingo.
    — Greg Mellen, Orange County Register, 8 May 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • The author then closed out the carousel with a snap of several flamingos.
    — Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
  • The resort is home to about 60 wildlife species such as flamingos, turtles, and koi fish.
    — Karen Cicero, Parents, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But flamingos on the Cuban island of Cayo Coco died in the thousands.
    — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • When the flamingo starts flapping his wings, children start to flap their arms, and so do grown-ups.
    — National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Lost and found: A flamingo escaped a Kansas zoo in 2005.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
  • The cheeky flamingo pattern will add some pop to your patio style.
    — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Near a fence, strollers pause as chubby fingers point at the flamingos.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
  • 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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