elephantine

Example Sentences

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It is often assumed that elephantine ponderousness is the price that must be paid for their storytelling heft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

But a few kinds of mammals, like our elephantine friends and our fellow primates, have arrangements of mammary tissue on the chest.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2024

By the 1960s, Mr. Lorayne was best known for holding audiences rapt with feats of memory that bordered on the elephantine.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

It feels less oppressive, less elephantine, lighter and more graceful on its feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022

The elephantine flying horses that had pulled the carriage were now grazing in a makeshift paddock alongside it.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling