How to use camel in a sentence

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• All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.From the entry humpbacked
• For quotations using this term, see Citations:a camel is a horse made by committee.From the entry a camel is a horse made by committee
• Historically, Somalis were a nomadic people herding camels, goats, and sheep. Nowadays, many if not most Somalis are urbanized people.From the entry Somali
• The nomads shave intricate designs into their camels' fur.From the entry into
• A camel will ruminate just as a cow will.From the entry ruminate
• We piled the camel with our loads.From the entry pile
• Getting George to wake up before 7 o'clock is harder than getting a camel through the eye of a needle.From the entry camel through the eye of a needle
• A cameloid cell is an elliptical red blood corpuscle found in mammals only among the camel family (Camelidae).From the entry cameloid
• A camel is a horse designed by committee.From the entry by committee
• Deer, camels and peccaries possess paraxonic feet.From the entry paraxonic
• The noun camel is a rhematic index when it is interpreted and thus connected with real-life experience.2015, Winifried Nöth, “Three Paradigms of Iconicity Research in Language and Literature”, in Masako K. Hiraga, William J. Herlofsky…. From the entry rhematic
• Sheila told her that John said musicians were like sleep camels when it came to that.2014, Rocky F. Catman, Meet Me at the Riverside, Lulu, →ISBN, page 198. From the entry sleep camel
• Apparently the cats were likewised enamored of the camels as we can note a bit of trivia.2013 January 13, anonymous author, “Cat-lore”, in alt.privacy.anon-server (Usenet), retrieved 14 Aug 2022. From the entry likewised
• "Oh, I trekked through Burma and across the Gobi, photographed some camel races for National Geographic.2010, Jeanne Matthews, Bones of Contention, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 168. From the entry Ninghsia
• RadioShack is an example of a company name that uses camel case.2009, John Paul Mueller, “Coding the Application”, in C# Design and Development (Expert One-on-One), Indianapolis, Ind.: Wrox Programmer…. From the entry camel case
• In some cases, technology uses camel case, such as VistaVision, which is a widescreen format for movies.2009, John Paul Mueller, “Coding the Application”, in C# Design and Development (Expert One-on-One), Indianapolis, Ind.: Wrox Programmer…. From the entry camel case
• Those in our group who did not get a camel were entitled to a horse.2008, Harry Rutstein, The Marco Polo Odyssey, Bennett & Hastings Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 210. From the entry Yeyik
• Exhausted, I canter through postpandrial naps atop a Senegalese camel, and in full beau geste.2006, Louise Mushikiwabo with Jack Kramer, Rwanda Means the Universe, St. Martins Press, page 143. From the entry belle sabreuse
• This camel is a talking animal smitten with ailihphilia—the love of palindromes.2006, Richard Lederer, Word Wizard: Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 232. From the entry ailihphilia
• He'd gone out into the desert in search of tamarisk, along with a camel for the load.2000, Daniel Easterman, Incarnation (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 411. From the entry goatherd
• Jesus treats his disciples as yokefellows rather than as camels and donkeys to be loaded down (23:4).1999, David E Garland, Reading Matthew: A Literary and Theological Commentary on the First Gospel. From the entry yokefellow
• Horses, like camels, had once been indigenous to Latin America but had become extinct.1997, Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent, Monthly Review Press, page 17. From the entry indigenous
• A camel has been facetiously described as a horse designed by a committee.1980, Howard Hillman, The art of winning corporate grants, page 87. From the entry camelize
• Then a fourth camel entered the prairie and went on gluttonly eating its grass.1979, Mohamad Jawad Chirri, “The Electoral Convention”, in The Brother of the Prophet Mohammad (The Imam Ali): A Reconstruction of Islamic…. From the entry gluttonly
• On tours and campaigns, camels were used to carry the impedimenta of the imperial establishment.1977, Abul Khair Muhammad Farooque, Roads and Communication in Mughal India, p. 108. From the entry mihafa
• Bony jumped down and unlimbered his cramped muscles before going after his camels.1963, Arthur Upfield, The Lake Frome Monster, London: Pan Books, published 1969, page 111. From the entry unlimber
• The swaying of the camel is just enough to tire you out gradually, gently.1938, John Dos Passos, “[Orient Express: 1921-1926] The Stony Desert of Damascus”, in Journeys between Wars, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt…. From the entry leisurelier
• Outside the town, three ragged children salaamed the Governor from the back of a camel.1937, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana, London: Macmillan, page 165. From the entry salaam
• Johns worked with the gold-fever in his veins and urged the camels on.1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 101. From the entry gold fever
• Kismet turned the tawny eyes of the snake-charmer to the camel.1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter III, in The Camel's Back. From the entry kismet
• A double file of camels with sumptuous housings moved with dignified and unhasty tread after the litters.1904, Elizabeth Miller, chapter 45, in The Yoke, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, page 590. From the entry unhasty
• Remarkably, the camels seemed to take pity on these pussies and began to protect and even coddle them.2013 January 13, anonymous author, “Cat-lore”, in alt.privacy.anon-server (Usenet), retrieved 14 Aug 2022. From the entry likewised
• Most of the time, camel toe is rarely the extreme you see on certain websites; it's more subtle than that.2006 April 21, Kathleen Fasanella, “Anatomy of a Cameltoe, part 1”, in Fashion Incubator, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2015. From the entry cameltoe
• If she's got a camel toe, everyone else will too.2006 April 21, Kathleen Fasanella, “Anatomy of a Cameltoe, part 1”, in Fashion Incubator, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2015. From the entry cameltoe
• Silicon Valley has bred 'sleep camels', who store up sleep at the weekends then work long hours all week.2001, Richard Reeves, Happy Mondays: Putting the Pleasure Back Into Work, Pearson Education Limited, →ISBN. From the entry sleep camel
• Neither is it the case that gnat-straining leads to camel swallowing, nor tithe-paying to neglect of justice, mercy and faith.1995, Kenneth G. C. Newport, The Sources and Sitz Im Leben of Matthew 23, page 141. From the entry gnat-straining

Meaning of camel

1. noun A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
2. noun A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).
3. noun A vessel or tank, typically paired, used to make an object more buoyant.

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Questions about camel in a sentence

How do you use camel in a sentence?

Camel is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “All modern camels are humpbacked creatures, but the number of humps depends on the species.”

What is a short sentence with camel?

“Deer, camels and peccaries possess paraxonic feet.”

What does camel mean?

Camel means a mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.