How to Use albatross in a Sentence

albatross

noun
  • Fame has become an albatross around her neck.
  • Fame has become an albatross that prevents her from leading a normal and happy life.
  • But her past as an adult film performer has been an albatross around her neck.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The title was our albatross the whole time.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The biggest albatross is not being seen for my own work a large part of the time.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Now the fund managers must figure out what to do with their albatross.
    — Cynthia Sewell, idahostatesman, 12 June 2017
  • The first item on their list of fixes would surely be killing the albatross.
    — Joseph J. Ellis, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • How will this group handle that albatross?
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
  • My cabbage steals sun from my mint; the squash has the wingspan of an albatross.
    — Matt Bean, Sunset Magazine, 12 June 2020
  • And like the ancient mariner who shot the albatross, we are compelled to tell the tale.
    — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 19 July 2023
  • Slugging, while not a strength by any means, is no longer their biggest albatross as a group.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • The weight of present times drapes over the shoulders, like the albatross of ancient mariner lore.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2021
  • In the middle of the night, an albatross rests on its single, precious egg.
    — Jake Buehler, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 July 2021
  • The drag on results is such an albatross that the top talents can’t overcome it.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Players received eight points for an albatross, five for eagle and two for birdie.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • How did things get this way, and how did the trillion-dollar albatross come out flying in the end?
    — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2018
  • That ‘loan’ followed us around like an albatross for decades and grew into a fearsome amount.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The money that this albatross has sucked from the city would be better spent on youth programs to keep kids safe.
    — baltimoresun.com, 9 June 2017
  • The crafty creatures will use their beaks to throw bits of coral at albatross eggs, then exploit the cracks in the shell and feed.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
  • In all, this contract is anything but an albatross around the neck of the 49ers.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
  • And the albatross on the Longhorns’ season is no secret.
    — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Max McGreevy made an albatross on the par-5 third hole.
    — Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That amount became an albatross around that company’s neck and led to waves of layoffs.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Well over a millions albatross use Midway Atoll as a place to hatch and raise their young.
    — Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The difference between the deals the new regime has signed and the albatross deals left behind by the old guard is night and day.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
  • At that point, all the chatter was about the money, and about Sanchez’s albatross contract.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2017
  • On the face of it, being next in line after Guardiola is both a dream and an albatross.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 May 2026
  • When an albatross gets snagged by a hook at sea, Javier hides the bird and secretly sets about restoring it to health.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 9 July 2021
  • England too have suffered with the albatross of a single World Cup win.
    — SI.com, 10 July 2018
  • The highlight in Sunday’s final round was an albatross 2 on the par 5 fifth hole.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023

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