dodo

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Now if the last remaining hereditary peers play their cards right, they could endure another Labour prime minister and delay their destiny to go the way of the dodo.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The Hall of Extinction and Hope analogizes manmade climate change and habitat destruction to a slow-moving asteroid that has already obliterated species such as the passenger pigeon, dodo and great auk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

In between live-action roles, Tudyk broke into animation by voicing a dodo in 2002’s “Ice Age.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

There is simply no possibility of our species dying out the way the dodo and dinosaurs did, of disappearing entirely from the universe.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2023

Still on the ground, they writhed in mock agony and made their dying dodo noises.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood