How to Use giraffe in a Sentence

giraffe

noun
  • Trump smart, pass brain test, name giraffe.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Trump smart, pass brain test, name giraffe.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Now that the giraffe is gone, the younger bulls are able to breed.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 4 July 2018
  • At the start of the drought, the stripe was as high as a giraffe.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Then when the giraffe is able to walk, the team guides it to the raft.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2021
  • On a hill to our right, a group of giraffes peeked up over the tree line.
    — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2025
  • Feed a giraffe, touch sting rays and pose in front of lions.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The long neck of the giraffe is what gives it the high blood pressure.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, STAT, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Last month, the zoo asked the public to help name the rare giraffe.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite a while.
    — Hollie McKay, Fox News, 1 July 2018
  • Nicky was the oldest giraffe in the zoo’s herd and had raised five calves.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But the giraffe, which stands roughly the height of a tree, hasn't turned up.
    — CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • Its neck is 50 feet long or about six times the length of a giraffe’s neck.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • Tickets to ride the train, carousel or feed the giraffes cost $3 each.
    — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024
  • Watch the video to see a baby giraffe walking with the aid of braces.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022
  • Cut the edges of makeup sponges to create stamps for your giraffe spots.
    — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 30 June 2017
  • In northern Kenya, a giraffe lies dead, its long limbs splayed.
    — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
  • On a map, the shape of the trail resembles the head and neck of a giraffe.
    — Miles Howard, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Hardwick said this marks the zoo’s second giraffe born in the past year.
    — Angela Forburger, azcentral, 4 July 2018
  • By the moment the giraffe did pass the branch, one of the monkeys was on his post.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
  • But Gracie was his first giraffe.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • It is not known how the giraffes remained missing for a year and where they were found from.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • At the foster home, the girl has a room with giraffes and hot-air balloons on the walls.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 21 June 2018
  • The calf was born to giraffes Kala and Apollo.
    — Mary Ella Hastings june 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
  • The main event is still the long neck, which can account for 7 feet of an adult giraffe's height.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • How does a giraffe end up on a ship in the middle of the Atlantic?
    — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Parker is the second giraffe to die at the zoo in a little over six months.
    — Marcia Greenwood, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Perhaps your eye is drawn to the tall and graceful giraffe or the sly cheetah.
    — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Kulture and brother Wave had the chance to pet and feed giraffes.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 July 2024
  • Jenike said the expansion will allow the zoo to grow its giraffe herd.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Jan. 2026

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