white elephant
Example Sentences
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The film was Titanic - a notorious white elephant, dismissed as a vanity project, and predicted to bring about the collapse of film studios Fox and Paramount.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Costing £250m, it was substantially cheaper than Supertram but critics said it lacked ambition, while others branded it a costly white elephant, noting that nowhere else in the UK had built a new trolleybus line.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025
According to Buddhist lore, when she conceived, the queen dreamed that an auspicious white elephant entered her womb.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2024
Morales unveils his white elephant gift during a Nochebuena celebration at he and his husband’s home.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2023
On the page, red diamond-covered trailers passed by first, and each one advertised its contents: roaring lions and tigers, charging rhinos and furious hippos, and a majestic white elephant at the very end.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
