tusk

Example Sentences

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House calls for hoof trims or tusk care can cost hundreds of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Archaeologists say it was fashioned from a mammoth's tusk with an astonishing level of skill.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

They might paint an elephant tusk black, or try to make pangolin scales look like candy or chocolate.

From NewsForKids.net • Nov. 28, 2024

It turned out to be something far rarer, Lundberg said: a large section of tusk from a long-extinct mastodon.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

He was asleep, his duty done, his bowels empty, one tusk resting on the earth, the other pointed to the stars.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy