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How to use gazelle in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb

Gazelle means an antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods. Example: “Despite the watchful nature of the passing gazelles, the leopard lay unspotted under the bush.”

Examples of gazelle by meaning

nounAn antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger...

  • “One does not judge the gazelle by the lions that attack it,” replied Tarzan.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Forging Bonds of Hate and ——?”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt...

verbTo leap like a gazelle.

  • Owing to this the car was soon gazelling again.1917, Marion Hill, chapter 2, in McAllister’s Grove, page 21
  • The biplane gazelled into the air.1982, J. G. Ballard, “Memories of the Space Age”, in Memories of the Space Age, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, published 1988, page 151

verbTo go fast; to speed; to rush.

  • I actually heard the air move as about five people gazelled towards Lord Mandelson to try to stop another of his ill-timed leaks.2017, Eddie Mair, A Good Face for Radio: Confessions of a Radio Head, pages 10-11

More sentences with gazelle

  • Despite the watchful nature of the passing gazelles, the leopard lay unspotted under the bush.From the entry unspotted
  • The lion moved in on the gazelle.From the entry move in on
  • Like shifties and frogstands, ollies and gazelle flips, up and down ten-foot ramps.2021, James Patterson, Till Murder Do Us Part. From the entry frogstand
  • Husky fans knew him as a hard driver with the speed of a gazelle.2013, W. Thomas Porter, Go Huskies!: Celebrating the Washington Football Tradition, Triumph Books (IL), →ISBN, page 53. From the entry provo
  • You can see the gazelle, the gazelle can see only the light.2010, John Man, The Great Wall, page 185. From the entry undip
  • When you walk to school with a cello you're like a wounded gazelle on the Serengeti, man.2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, "Pachabel Rant", 00:00:33. From the entry cello
  • The white-eared kob were joined by hundreds of thousands of mongalla gazelles and tiang, a species of antelope.2007 June 12, Carl Zimmer, “In Sudan, an Animal Migration to Rival Serengeti”, in New York Times. From the entry tiang
  • She felt like the gazelle to the lion.2006, Marjorie M. Liu, Shadow Touch, page 79. From the entry cracktastic
  • Unaccountably, he finds himself thinking of gerenuks and gazelles.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 139. From the entry gerenuk
  • His witty book ends with ski specialties such as propeller hops, gazelle christies, the gelaendesprung, the umsprung and the quersprung.1965, Curtis W. Casewit, Ski Fever: How to Master the Fastest-growing Winter Sport. From the entry quersprung
  • Fields, describes Annie saying "There's a gazelle in the garden" when she noticed food in her husband's beard at the dinner table.1990, Judith Roman, Annie Adams Fields: the spirit of Charles Street, page 12. From the entry gazelle in the garden
  • Your companion in the passenger seat opens the door, rests the rifle on the hinge, aims — all without haste, because the gazelle is stock still — and fires.2010, John Man, The Great Wall, page 185. From the entry undip
  • As Leonie, she obviously loves Morgan, but how can you have a life with a man who keeps seeing you as a gazelle or a lioness or zebress?1967 January 15, Dick Benke, “Movie Review: ‘Morgan’; Reality, Fantasy Get All Mixed Up”, in Independent Star-News, Pasadena, Calif., page…. From the entry zebress
  • At one of their literary dinners, should a crumb get caught in the luxuriant Fields beard — "There's a gazelle in the garden, Jamie," his wife would say.1956, Louise Hall Tharp, page 254. From the entry gazelle in the garden

Meaning of gazelle

  1. noun An antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
  2. verb To leap like a gazelle.
  3. verb To go fast; to speed; to rush.

Full definition of gazelle

Questions about gazelle in a sentence

How do you use gazelle in a sentence?
Gazelle is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Despite the watchful nature of the passing gazelles, the leopard lay unspotted under the bush.”
What is a short sentence with gazelle?
“The biplane gazelled into the air.”
What does gazelle mean?
Gazelle means an antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.

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