How to Use alligator in a Sentence

alligator

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  • Crowds at the zoo lined the path to watch as the alligator arrived back at the zoo.
    — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The alligator will now live out the rest of her life at the zoo, the employee says in the video.
    — Amy Simonson, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The slow take of an alligator gar doesn’t speak to its fight.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 25 May 2023
  • Jake points to a bent branch at the water’s edge: There’s a 10-foot alligator as still as the tree.
    — Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The most impressive part of the video is just how quickly the alligator warps the fence.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 Mar. 2023
  • That's when Bozzi dropped the can, pushed it over and the alligator crawled back into the water.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Karen is not the only alligator to have a recent run-in with the law.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2022
  • Be sure to talk to park staff about where to find alligators and how to do so safely.
    — Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 21 July 2024
  • Take a rugged ride through the brush, mud, and swamps of Florida and search for alligators, deer, and all kinds of wildlife on the ranch.
    — Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Taylen was found March 31 in the mouth of an alligator in Lake Maggiore.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • This was going to be an alligator that blew up at the end.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • There also hasn’t been a death due to an alligator bite since 2019, per the FWC.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The chefs get alligator in the first basket, and the group must make the meat tender and flavorful.
    — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The 2-year-old boy found dead in the jaws of an alligator last month drowned, police said Monday.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The park noted in its initial post that the alligator involved wasn't hurt and will stay at the zoo.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022
  • After laying on the beach for about 10 minutes, the alligator went back to the ocean.
    — Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2022
  • And we were tasked with filling the hero alligator with packets of blood and guts.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Soak in the solitude through the heart of the Chisos Mountains for 4.8 miles round-trip, past alligator junipers and piñon pines.
    — Jonathan Olivier, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2022
  • If it is found, the DNR plans to relocate the alligator.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The zoo did not say in the post if the reptile was an alligator, crocodile, or caiman.
    — David Aaro, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Of course, the alligator has likely been a resident in the Huntsville area for some time.
    — Tandra Smith | [email protected], al, 21 May 2022
  • An alligator which was found in a Brooklyn park in New York City.
    — CBS News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • According to the park, questions surfaced in light of the event, such as: Where are the ears on an alligator?
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The two must survive as the flood waters rise in the house — and a giant alligator manages to find its way in.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2022
  • The caller said his younger brother had caught an alligator from a lake north of Knoxville.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Then came the alligator form of the mischievous Norse god Loki.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Eventually the deputies get the alligator away from the road, pulling it away from the highway twice.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • Sheriff's deputies were joined by federal and state wildlife agents in the search for the alligator.
    — CBS News, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Moges drew a scene with an alligator inspired by a family trip to the Everglades.
    — Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Officials said the resident bought the alligator at a reptile show early this year but neglected to check whether such a reptile is legal to own in Kentucky.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2024

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