Examples of gorilla in a Sentence
She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.
the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to “convince” him to pay up
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Brookfield Zoo has relocated its gorillas to prepare them for their new $66 million habitat opening this summer.
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Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
Think of the tragic story of Harambe the gorilla, which challenged the premise of zoos and then became a distasteful meme.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2025
But with its major cities and burgeoning population, Texas is the big gorilla.
—John Burnett, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
Roxie also helped another gorilla named Kwisha at 8 months old when her mother didn’t accept her, the zoo said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
Think of the tragic story of Harambe the gorilla, which challenged the premise of zoos and then became a distasteful meme.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2025
But with its major cities and burgeoning population, Texas is the big gorilla.
—John Burnett, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
Roxie also helped another gorilla named Kwisha at 8 months old when her mother didn’t accept her, the zoo said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Gorilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gorilla. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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gorilla
noun
go·ril·la
gə-ˈril-ə 
: a typically black ape of equatorial Africa that is much larger but stands less erect than the related chimpanzee
Etymology
derived from Greek Gorillai, a name used by ancient explorers for what they thought was a tribe of hairy women in Africa
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