ivory

Example Sentences

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The florist-by-trade gestures behind her to hundreds of flowers contained in buckets — blue thistles, ivory anemones and calla lilies painted silver — all twisted and unfurling into the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

And on an artefact called "adorant" from the Geißenklösterle cave in the Achtal valley, they identified rows of dots and notches on an ivory plaque showing a lion-human creature.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

In Vogelherd Cave in Lone Valley, for example, archaeologists uncovered a small mammoth figurine carved from mammoth ivory.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

“I use these examples to show my team that we can’t be ivory tower operators.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Athena’s feet stuck into sick bay, so you had to squeeze past her ivory toes if you wanted some Advil.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan