tusks

Example Sentences

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Famed for his long tusks, Craig the elephant was a major attraction at the park near the Tanzanian border.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

The prehistoric species also had a straighter snout and smaller tusks.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2025

One of the group “plunged her tusks up to the gums in the body of my Land-Rover . . . again she charged, and the Land-Rover was carried backwards at high speed for thirty-five yards.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Items stolen from the Oakland museum included Native American baskets, jewelry, laptops, historic photographs and intricately carved ivory tusks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

His visor was a full face mask fashioned like a gorgon’s head—curved tusks, horrible features pinched into a snarl, and golden snake hair curling around the face.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan