tusk

Example Sentences

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During one visit, riders might notice Siegel’s photograph of a mammoth tusk — a fossil uncovered by crews during construction of the station.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

On a small mammoth carved from tusk, the researchers analysed carefully engraved rows of crosses and dots.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Another explorer, Martin Nweeia, a dental surgeon, discovered that a narwhal’s tusk, whose purpose was a mystery to scientists, is actually a sensory rod that helps it measure salinity, temperature and water pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

They might paint an elephant tusk black, or try to make pangolin scales look like candy or chocolate.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 28, 2024

He was asleep, his duty done, his bowels empty, one tusk resting on the earth, the other pointed to the stars.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy