How to Use gorilla in a Sentence

gorilla

noun
  • She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.
  • See the video above for a look at the adorable young gorillas.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • The dead gorilla is lashed with vines to secure his arms and legs.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-Lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Jenna Wortham Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2021
  • The dead gorilla is lashed with vines to secure his arms and legs.
    — Jenna Wortham Ismail Muhammad Kim Tingley Benoit Denizet-Lewis Sam Anderson Jazmine Hughes Irina Aleksander Sasha Weiss Rowan Ricardo Phillips Stella Bugbee Michael Paterniti Maggie Jones Robert Draper Rob Hoerburger Jason Zengerle Reginald Dwayne Betts Jane Hu David Marchese Hanif Abdurraqib Anthony Giardina Niela Orr Jamie Lauren Keiles Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • How did the gorillas react to the whole crew?
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Two young gorillas are set to arrive this spring.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
  • No amount of talking, though, will make the gorilla slink away.
    — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • Who doesn’t need a dancing gorilla to spark some joy in their life right now?
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Was there gorilla hail in Iowa?
    — Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Sully the gorilla is 8 years old and was thought to be a male.
    — oregonlive, 21 July 2023
  • When gorillas are found struggling with snares, the vets are called in to clean wounds.
    — Christina Larson, The Seattle Times, 14 Nov. 2018
  • In the wild, gorillas form small, loose social groups.
    — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Bauer is not the gorilla in the room except when writers bring it up.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Audubon Zoo hopes to add a third female gorilla to the troop soon.
    — Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • But the gorilla is scared off when the snake begins to slither.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2021
  • As the number of gorillas rose, so did the number of tourists.
    — New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • But the lore of what Godzilla stands for means more than any large gorilla.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • And if a gorilla’s consciousness does shift, what would that be like to the ape?
    — Shayla Love, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2023
  • An 18-year-old gorilla named Louis hates to get his hands dirty.
    — Fox News, 17 Mar. 2018
  • The hot stone massage is perfect after a long hike to see the gorillas.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Ozzie, the world's oldest male gorilla, died at age 61.
    — Cbs Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Olympia's baby is the first gorilla born of a C-section at the zoo.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • As part of the breeding program, he will be replaced by two young gorillas in the spring.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Chimpanzees and gorillas both live in groups where nearly all of the adults are female.
    — ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026
  • Since the gorillas move across a wide area, the trek is unpredictable in length and terrain.
    — Holden Frith, TheWeek, 9 Jan. 2026
  • My first glimpse of a gorilla was brief, a large male on the path ahead, crouching, his fists pressed into the soil.
    — Holden Frith, TheWeek, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Kraven the Hunter can climb sheer walls like a gorilla, snatch fish out of streams like a bear and outrun deer.
    — Mark Kennedy, Boston Herald, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The baby, who doesn’t yet have a name, is the first gorilla born at the zoo in more than 20 years.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Jameela is the eighth and youngest member of the Cleveland zoo’s gorilla group.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2026
  • The park’s gorillas have faced some dramatic changes over the past couple of years.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

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