How to Use alligator in a Sentence

alligator

noun

• Crowds at the zoo lined the path to watch as the alligator arrived back at the zoo.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• The alligator will now live out the rest of her life at the zoo, the employee says in the video.
  — Amy Simonson, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
• The slow take of an alligator gar doesn’t speak to its fight.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
• Jake points to a bent branch at the water’s edge: There’s a 10-foot alligator as still as the tree.
  — Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The most impressive part of the video is just how quickly the alligator warps the fence.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
• Take a rugged ride through the brush, mud, and swamps of Florida and search for alligators, deer, and all kinds of wildlife on the ranch.
  — Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• Taylen was found March 31 in the mouth of an alligator in Lake Maggiore.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
• The 2-year-old boy found dead in the jaws of an alligator last month drowned, police said Monday.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• An alligator which was found in a Brooklyn park in New York City.
  — CBS News, 21 Apr. 2023
• According to the park, questions surfaced in light of the event, such as: Where are the ears on an alligator?
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
• The caller said his younger brother had caught an alligator from a lake north of Knoxville.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2024
• The parents direct the children to pose next to the alligator, its mouth wide open with sharp teeth on full display.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2024
• One of them] is to cross a river on the back of an alligator who only advances to music.
  — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• The Texas Game Wardens were called to help relocate the alligator.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 19 Apr. 2023
• The caimans of southern Florida are not as well known as their alligator cousins.
  — Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• The alligator measured at about 2.5-feet long when it was found, according to Arceo.
  — Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
• The Palatial can be equipped with a signature six-link bracelet or an alligator strap.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
• On the way back to the lodge, our truck had to stop for a hulking alligator, coated in bright-green algae, that had decided to take a break in the middle of the dirt track.
  — Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
• The model is complete with a deep green strap in alligator leather, which provides a final touch of color and texture to the watch.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 29 Dec. 2023
• American alligators can move up to 30 mph on land in short bursts.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• The first mile takes it easy, twisting among ponderosa pines, alligator junipers and oaks with glimpses of 8,578-foot Wing Mountain standing out to the west.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2023
• The birds nest in the tops of cypress trees, perched over wetlands and swamps where lurking alligators below help keep predators at bay.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
• Eagles, herons, cranes, deer and alligators make their homes in the nearby flatwoods and marshes.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2023
• An alligator and a dozen snapping turtles were seized and turned over to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2023
• People were picking up the alligator, petting it, all sorts of stuff.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
• The alligator that killed Serge attacked in broad daylight.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
• One of the alligators was killed by a local Ohio Division of Wildlife officer, but the other remains on the loose.
  — The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
• While most variations come with a steel band, this all-black version comes with a black alligator leather strap as well as a rubber strap.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
• Choose from fish, clams, oysters, scallops, Alaskan snow crab legs, alligator, frog legs, salmon, sides, their famous onion rings and dessert.
  — The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2023
• Do not allow pets or children to swim in, drink from or approach bodies of water known to have alligators present.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024