How to Use unicorn in a Sentence

unicorn

noun
  • This is the camel, not the unicorn.
    — Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • But there are still lots of unicorns out there.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • More than a dozen unicorns have been crowned since then.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2025
  • More than a dozen unicorns have been crowned since then.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • More than a dozen unicorns have been crowned since then.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The unicorn is the person who has both.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • This deal is as rare as finding a unicorn in the wild.
    — PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Josey just so happens to be one of those unicorns.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Moana and unicorns are the fourth and fifth most searched costumes.
    — Lavendrick Smith, charlotteobserver, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Here, the hunters prepare to pierce the unicorn with their spears.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Travis Hunter won as a two-way player, a true unicorn.
    — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The unicorn turned out to be a pile of rotting meat in a trenchcoat.
    — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 18 Aug. 2022
  • That’s a lot of money to wager that your unicorn will come in.
    — National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • Colorado is now able to retain more of its unicorns for longer.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The unicorn is white with blue and purple colors for its horn and mane.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2018
  • For me and my daughters, unicorns are a very real part of our world.
    — Megan Gambino, Smithsonian, 7 Dec. 2019
  • For us, this was like seeing a unicorn, or a flock of unicorns.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 30 May 2022
  • Lazarow's argument is that the camel is not the poor cousin of the unicorn.
    — Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Recreate this big mood with a cute red suit, and don’t forget the unicorn.
    — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Trust is in shorter supply than unicorns or four-leaf clovers.
    — Andy Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Choose between rainbow clouds or unicorns with horns and ears that stick out of the box.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Landmarks like this are few and far between, and the price makes this place a true unicorn.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Then, dance the night away beneath the disco ball, which is of course unicorn-shaped.
    — Robin Soslow, Chron, 18 Feb. 2023
  • When the unicorn’s mouth is open, multi-colored lights flash in the skull and through the horn.
    — Alicia Kortendick, oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The temptation can be to try to thread the needle, to find the unicorn hire.
    — Ryan Weissmueller, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Toddler Bahia climbed out of a boat and up the plank to reclaim her unicorn.
    — Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2023
  • But Bieber’s Rhode is the rare unicorn that straddles both worlds.
    — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The pair were cast as unicorns and painted the colors of the rainbow with bright chalk sticks.
    — Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The on-field resume is elite, but Ohtani might be an even bigger unicorn off the field.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • First, Kim talks about the building blocks of a great life which are not all rainbows and unicorns.
    — Kimberly Harms, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2024

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