ark

Example Sentences

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Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Let me explain, and at the risk of coming across like a guy building an ark in the desert, offer options for adding dividends at a time of relative scarcity.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

"The work we are doing, and zoos around Europe are doing, is really to be that lifeboat, to be that ark population."

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

If you were playing God, for example, you'd want to stash as many pollinators in your ark as you can, and as many plant species that are really good at storing carbon as you can.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

It should occur on average seven times per year, separated by intervals just slightly longer than that endured by Noah on his putative ark.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver