Example sentences for: gorilla

How can you use “gorilla” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Instinct is "inspired" by Daniel Quinn's 1991 cult novel Ishmael , which is largely a Socratic, telepathic dialogue between a man and a gorilla, the latter of whom hectors the former about the destructive path of modern society and restates the history of the world as a struggle between "leavers" (animals, wise nomadic tribes) and "takers" (mostly white males).

  • Try stealing a female gorilla's baby and see how you fare.

  • Glenn Close's tender mama gorilla has clearly been to finishing school; Lance Henriksen's massive patriarch must have learned to talk from watching after-school specials: "I said he could stay," he grits, after baby Tarzan gets adopted by his missus, "That doesn't make him my son."

  • The Zoo (Parc Zoológic, on Ciutadella Park, Tel. 93/221 25 06), has the world’s only albino gorilla in captivity.

  • Depicting four stages in primate evolution, the cover portrays drawings of a orangutan, a chimpanzee, a gorilla, and a generic-looking human male--who according to the image's archival history turns out to be African.


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