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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2022

Despite Casey’s protestations, the dog somehow ends up in her backpack, and when Clifford blows up to elephantine proportions, it sets off a series of wild adventures through the city.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

The city that never slept by choice is now lit up at night with blinding billboards and elephantine signs for Applebee’s and Olive Garden—mall brands you can find in any American city.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2019

He collected fragments from a pig-size guinea pig, armor plates from a tanklike armadillo, more elephantine bones from elephantine sloths, and crated and shipped them to England.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee