How to Use mountain gorilla in a Sentence

mountain gorilla

noun
  • That’s like, almost as big as a mountain gorilla, male to female.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Right Now Come for the mountain gorillas, stay for the food and cafe scene.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
  • No other film crew has followed a mountain gorilla group for that long before.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The last time a mountain gorilla died at the hands of humans was in 2011.
    — Jack Losh, National Geographic, 12 June 2020
  • This is my first time tracking mountain gorillas in Uganda.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 May 2026
  • Which microbes could be helping this mountain gorilla digest its food?
    — Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2017
  • The group was the first to reside in the southern section of the park that is home to about half of the world's mountain gorilla population.
    — Samson Ntale, CNN, 30 July 2020
  • Watching a Test, then, is like trekking to see a mountain gorilla—an opportunity not to be spurned.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Roughly 40% of mountain gorilla troops consist of multi-male groups.
    — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The flat expanse, dotted with acacia trees, is very different from the rest of the country's forests, where the mountain gorillas live.
    — Sophy Roberts, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2019
  • In 1985 there were only 350 mountain gorillas left in the world.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 June 2026
  • While mountain gorillas in Bwindi often steal the spotlight, chimpanzee trekking offers its own set of thrills.
    — Praveen Moman, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The photographer trekked for four hours to meet Kibande, a near-40-year-old mountain gorilla.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Virunga is home to about one-fourth of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world, and the work of protecting them has proven dangerous.
    — Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Three times more climb Everest each year (and a hundred times more visit Rwanda’s mountain gorillas).
    — Holden Frith, TheWeek, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Just over 1,000 mountain gorillas are estimated to live in the wild.
    — CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • To some, this is definitive proof that Bigfoot is as real as mountain gorillas or narwhals.
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2023
  • There are encounters with mountain gorillas on the menu, and hikes near the spray and thunder of Victoria Falls.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Virunga is home to about one-quarter of the world's remaining mountain gorillas, and the work of protecting them has proven dangerous.
    — Fox News, 13 May 2018
  • One of the last two mountain gorillas named and studied by Dian Fossey has disappeared and is presumed dead.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 14 Nov. 2016
  • In many countries, the government finds that people will pay to go and see, for example, mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
    — Aimee White Beazley, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2023
  • In many countries, the government finds that people will pay to go and see, for example, mountain gorillas in Rwanda.
    — Amiee White Beazley, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • One&Only is the closest resort to the park, which means that after a day of hiking to get close to the famed mountain gorillas, the trip back won’t be arduous.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Yet Fossey herself, who died in 1985, would likely be surprised any mountain gorillas are left to study.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Yet Fossey herself, who died in 1985, would likely be surprised any mountain gorillas are still left to study.
    — Christina Larson, The Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who is part of the Bageni family of mountain gorillas, the park said.
    — CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The mystical setting is all the more special for hosting buffaloes, birds, golden monkeys, and the elusive mountain gorilla.
    — Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Its mountain gorillas are perhaps the park's most prized residents -- not to mention the biggest draw for tourists to venture across the border from Rwanda.
    — Nada Bashir, CNN, 11 May 2018
  • David and his team set up camp in Rwanda’s Virunga volcanoes, spending time with a family of mountain gorillas.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But Uganda is home to more than half of the world’s mountain gorillas, and the UWA also said their numbers are growing.
    — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2023

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