How to Use walrus in a Sentence

walrus

noun
  • So that’s why no walrus has ever hosted a talk show.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • When a walrus is hunted, carvings are made from the ivory tusks.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • In other sculptures, bears and a walrus try their hand at drum dancing as well.
    — Peter Saenger, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • In the scheme of things the walrus was in her right environment….
    — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Some in parkas are communing with a walrus, some are chewing bubble gum.
    — New York Times, 1 June 2022
  • Fame may be putting Norway's celebrity walrus at risk of death.
    — Caroline Radnofsky, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The walrus was still on the barge the next morning and the barge crew summoned wildlife experts.
    — Washington Post, 7 July 2017
  • Next came hunting and trapping of seal, walrus, and arctic fox.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • As the ships passed through the strait, the whalers began killing every walrus within reach.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Can walruses peer into our souls?
    — Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 June 2026
  • But their walrus expert was out of the office and not answering his cell phone.
    — Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The life-sized bronze statue shows Freya the walrus curled up on her side close to the water’s edge.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The draw of the Arctic isn’t just the polar bears and walruses.
    — Jennifer Billock, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2024
  • Schrader takes a sip, and his walrus face brightens and shoulders sag with relief.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • Haithabu was a key stop on a lively sea trade route that brought tasty treats and trinkets like walrus tusks from distant lands.
    — Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Polar bears feed on seals, walruses, and whales and consume hundreds of pounds of meat in one meal.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Wallowing in its depths, like a walrus, was a joint of beef as big as a Wellington boot.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In winter the people survive largely on whale and walrus meat.
    — The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The study revealed the fur didn’t belong to boars or deer, but rather pinnipeds, or seals and walruses.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The soul patch, villain, and walrus facial hair all work with masks while mutton chops and chin curtain don’t.
    — Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The walrus forgets about her bottle, her zookeeper, the strangers watching her.
    — Gabrielle Russon, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Derek would help push boats across the ice as his father searched for patches of open water to hunt walrus and bearded seal.
    — Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times, 15 Sep. 2019
  • In this game, the walruses made use of bird carcasses that had either been dropped by birds of prey or washed in with the tide.
    — Andrey Giljov, National Geographic, 29 Dec. 2016
  • Sea ice in the Arctic affects wildlife such as polar bears, seals and walruses.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Some people in the village eat walrus, but no one is hunting them, Christensen said.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2018
  • On the overnight shift, Diana Hawke snuggles up to the baby when the walrus tires out.
    — Gabrielle Russon, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Jan. 2019
  • The outer part of the dentures is made of ivory, possibly from a hippo or walrus, and would have been carved by hand.
    — Fox News, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Freya the walrus, if anything, was better known for climbing aboard yachts in Oslo’s harbor.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The walrus in Wales took about two days to relax, and then returned to sea on March 22.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The polynya attracts narwhals, whales, walruses, birds, and seals, which in turn attract polar bears.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

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