tusks

Example Sentences

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From these suspended perches, scientists inspect thousands of broken objects and hundreds of elephant tusks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The researchers discerned patterns of meaning in lines, notches, dots, and crosses on objects like mammoth tusks as old as 45,000 years in caves in Germany.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

With their thick coats, curved tusks, and towering size, they grazed the vast steppes that stretched across the northern hemisphere.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025

Items stolen from the Oakland museum included Native American baskets, jewelry, laptops, historic photographs and intricately carved ivory tusks.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Thinking of him walking back home motherless, tears rolling down his cheeks and tusks, I pulled the covers over my head and quietly cried with him until I fell asleep.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat