Examples of elephantine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The life of a mastodon, an elephantine creature that roamed across North America 13,000 years ago, has been illuminated by a study of its tusks. Katie Hunt, CNN, 18 June 2022 Tweaks to its air springs and adaptive dampers lessen this elephantine SUV's body motions with little sacrifice to its ride quality. Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 13 June 2022 In the wet season, elephantine clouds roll in from the Congolese interior and the land glows with startling fecundity. Outside Online, 18 May 2015 Pop goddesses were not diving from the rafters and guitar heroes were not casting elephantine shadows. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2022 See all Example Sentences for elephantine 

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“Elephantine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephantine. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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