How to Use white elephant in a Sentence

white elephant

noun

• The best white elephant gifts don’t have to be gag gifts.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2022
• The best white elephant gifts are things that are, frankly, a little bit cursed.
  — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023
• No more white elephant venues that start to decay as soon as the Olympians leave town.
  — John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2017
• In search of a great stocking stuffer or white elephant gift?
  — Rachel Murphy, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2022
• The old bridge has become something of a white elephant.
  — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2019
• Without enough ships and guns, the Zumwalts were in danger of becoming the white elephants of the fleet.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2019
• Is the Global Center a white elephant that can’t be saved?
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2019
• Gifts Under $25 Need a white elephant gift for $25 or less?
  — Alex Warner, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2022
• China is, of course, big enough to handle a few white elephants.
  — Charlie Campbell / Khorgos, Time, 23 Oct. 2017
• The Matrix, on the other hand, has always been white elephant art.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 16 Sep. 2021
• These things make great stocking stuffers or white elephant gifts.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2023
• The list is packed with affordable finds that would make great stocking stuffers and white elephant presents.
  — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2022
• The ideal white elephant gift is something that’s useful and fun.
  — Molly Allen, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
• Workman wheeled himself to the church hall, where a game of white elephant with the congregants awaited.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2017
• The group provides lunch and members are asked to bring their own beverage and lawn chair along with a $5 wrapped white elephant gift.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
• Shopping for a white elephant gift exchange can be a fun but daunting task.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
• To relieve its debt crisis, Sri Lanka has put its white elephants up for sale.
  — Brook Larmer, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2017
• This pocket-size massage gun makes a great stocking stuffer or white elephant gift.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
• It’s an advent calendar and white elephant gift in one!
  — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 11 Nov. 2022
• This dachshund ice tray would be a wacky yet welcome addition to any white elephant gift pool.
  — Time, 25 Nov. 2022
• Shop the gloves in six different colors for the coziest white elephant gifts.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2023
• Give the funkiest white elephant gift of the season with a kombucha starter kit that allows the recipient to make their own brew at home.
  — Time, 25 Nov. 2022
• The sprawling terminal may have become a bit of a white elephant with the falloff in passenger traffic, but not so the airport as a whole.
  — New York Times, 23 May 2018
• The key to a truly excellent white elephant gift is finding the rare item that is both funny and functional.
  — Time, 25 Nov. 2022
• The famous bake table, with cheese balls, jams and jellies, and the eclectic white elephant tables, will still be part of the market, as will the delicious meals.
  — Tracy Trobridge, baltimoresun.com, 6 Nov. 2020
• But Leggat’s deal to buy the giant white elephant from the state for the aforementioned sum remains up in the air, nearly seven years later.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• Enjoy a free cup of coffee while shopping for baked goods, books, children’s clothes, and white elephant treasures.
  — courant.com, 8 Oct. 2021
• The white elephant in the room throughout the whole impeachment procedure was the Big Lie: the refusal of the former president to accept the result of the election.
  — Star Tribune, 21 Feb. 2021
• During the virtual event, participants will see all the photos of the gifts and be able to swap the gifts just like in a real white elephant exchange.
  — Cheyann Neades, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2020
• Following the meeting, a white elephant exchange will take place.
  — Rich Heileman, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024