How to Use warthog in a Sentence

warthog

noun

• Stand silently for a moment as the warthog grunts and yanks against his chain.
  — Ellie Shechet, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2019
• The warthog is stout and powerful and has a face-full of tusks, after all.
  — Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 30 May 2019
• But Parker, unlike Thurber, was open to the world’s entire menagerie, worms to warthogs.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
• Drop your bags and order a Pimm’s at Stanley’s Bar, where warthogs run free near the terrace.
  — Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2017
• None of that was a problem with Beebop and Erica, a pair of 3-year-old warthogs.
  — Ethan Bauer, miamiherald, 30 June 2017
• The team-building trip included a safari, where the group saw a lion take down a warthog.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2023
• That's because Turoczi cares for Walter, a warthog who weighs 210 pounds.
  — Terry Demio, Cincinnati.com, 30 May 2019
• After witnessing the death of his father, a young lion runs away and comes of age in the company of a warthog and meerkat.
  — courant.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• The kindly Pumbaa (Christina Clements) wore a warthog's nose and furry black headpiece and ears.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 15 June 2017
• Then the transmission was briefly lost because the internet hotspot, over by the warthogs, wasn’t working.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 4 Apr. 2020
• Your alarm clock might be the sound of monkeys playing in the trees — or warthogs and antelope walking beneath your tent.
  — Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2020
• With astonishing speed, the pack scarfs it down, while warthogs, vultures, and jackals wait in the periphery for the scraps.
  — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2023
• Hunting with this for steenbuck, blesbuck, warthog, and kudu was akin to grocery shopping with a stick-shift Corvette.
  — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 2 Mar. 2020
• Her menagerie over the years included a warthog named Grunter and a civet fond of being sprinkled with Old Spice shaving lotion.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 20 Apr. 2018
• Forty vultures landed one by one on the water’s edge, scaring off families of warthogs and guinea fowl.
  — charlotteobserver, 27 Oct. 2017
• Hippos wallow in Virunga’s rivers, and the park is home to 2,000 plant species, as well as elephants, antelopes, warthogs, giraffes and the rare, elusive okapis.
  — Amy Yee, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
• The show also shared a sneak peek on its social media of Cruise dressed up as the lovable warthog and Corden holding a figure of the infamous meerkat.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
• Amid all the hockey matches at the XL Center, there’s a skating event where the participants are costumed as mice, ducks, princesses and even a meerkat and a warthog.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 31 Dec. 2022
• Whereas Rogen’s warthog leans heavily on fart jokes, Eichner’s meerkat is a breath of fresh air.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 19 July 2019
• Whereas Rogen's warthog leans heavily on fart jokes, Eichner's meerkat is a breath of fresh air.
  — Sonia Rao, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2019
• While stranded in the middle of nowhere, Simba meets a friendly meerkat (Timone) and warthog (Pumbaa), who help him get his stride back.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2017
• In addition to the many mammals at the park, which include warthogs, baboons, mongooses and others, there are an abundance of reptiles and more than 450 species of birds.
  — Fox News, 11 Dec. 2019
• Those who watched the dancing warthog gave a little more to charity and were more likely to give the whole amount, though the results are less conclusive because of a small sample size.
  — Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2023
• Watching a warthog pass gas in water, realistically, does not improve on the same bit in the ’94 version.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2019
• The elephants were slow to make an appearance that morning, but the kudus, impalas, baboons, warthogs, Cape buffalos, and hippos were not at all put off by the rain, nor were the countless species of birds.
  — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
• In his collections of animals, Charles seemed particularly fond of warthogs, with their brushy manes and sharp tusks.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Watching a pride of lions successfully hunt some warthogs.
  — Meredith Heuer, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Apr. 2019
• State officials reported that the warthog appeared to be tame and was likely someone’s pet — but no one in the area had a permit for the exotic animal.
  — Roger Simmons, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• How a meerkat in the middle of Africa even knows the lyrics to Lumier's anthem from Beauty and the Beast is about as relevant as how a lion is able to dance and sing alongside a warthog instead if eating him.
  — Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 23 July 2019
• The camera captures gorgeous images of elephants, cheetahs and warthogs, and breathtaking shots of the Victoria Falls at the Zambezi River.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024