How to Use gorilla in a Sentence

gorilla

noun
Definition of gorillanext
Synonyms for gorillanext
  • She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.
  • See the video above for a look at the adorable young gorillas.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • Sully the gorilla is 8 years old and was thought to be a male.
    — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • The play does not show the encounter between the child and the gorilla, nor the shooting of Harambe.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 4 June 2021
  • The front plate of one of his books showed a gorilla bending a rifle in half and killing the hunter.
    — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Harambe dragged the boy around the enclosure, and the child was with the gorilla for about 10 minutes.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The dead gorilla is lashed with vines to secure his arms and legs.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-Lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2021
  • No amount of talking, though, will make the gorilla slink away.
    — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • And if a gorilla’s consciousness does shift, what would that be like to the ape?
    — Shayla Love, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Boy or girl:An Ohio zoo thought one of their gorillas was male.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • But the lore of what Godzilla stands for means more than any large gorilla.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Bauer is not the gorilla in the room except when writers bring it up.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022
  • But the gorilla is scared off when the snake begins to slither.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2021
  • In all, 35 gorillas have been born at the Columbus Zoo.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 4 July 2024
  • The book even comes with a punch-out cardboard gorilla mask.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 6 Nov. 2020
  • In the comics, decades ago, M’Baku was the silverback gorilla.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Praline was the last gorilla born at Audubon Zoo, in 1996.
    — Emily Woodruff, NOLA.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The big reveal: The two siblings missed the person in a gorilla suit walking through the crowd.
    — Barbara Bradley Hagerty, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Koko the gorilla might have had the language ability of a young child.
    — Tove Danovich, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
  • Among the artefacts were a pair of life-size gorilla statues.
    — Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2022
  • In our gorilla family, there was a 2-year-old and a one-month-old.
    — Diane Farr, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • The last gorilla born there was Praline in 1996, who is still part of the troop, officials said.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The World of Primates section of the zoo will be closed while Tumani, her baby and the gorilla troop bond.
    — Carlie Wells, NOLA.com, 8 Sep. 2020
  • In the mid-1960s, an infant gorilla named Sylvia came to live at the Baltimore Zoo.
    — Reginald Dwayne Betts Kiese Makeba Laymon Carina Del Valle Schorske Dessa Irina Aleksander Sam Dolnick Mark Binelli Maggie Jones Rob Hoerburger Jamie Lauren Keiles Devin Gordon Jazmine Hughes Jenna Wortham Jade Chang Taffy Brodesser-Akner Kaitlyn Greenidge Rowan Ricardo Phillips Michael Paterniti Wesley Morris Ismail Muhammad Anthony Giardina, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Winston was the oldest gorilla in the San Diego park, and the second oldest in the United States.
    — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
  • And don't forget about the 800lb gorilla of BEVs, Tesla.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 11 Nov. 2020
  • So Staples sat up all night with the tiny gorilla sleeping on his chest.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Pair a gorilla trek in the misty hills of Rwanda with a classic big safari in the emerald foothills.
    — Teresa Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2020
  • The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium shared adorable pictures of the newborn gorilla.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 4 July 2024
  • Unlike Netflix, which is still considered the 800-pound gorilla in the space and rolls out specials weekly, Hulu is sticking to a monthly release plan.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024

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