How do you use Elk in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like moose or deer, plus the exact meaning.
Elk in a sentence
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Elk meaning
- Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
- Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia.
Using Elk
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes). | Any of the subspecies of the moose (Alces alces, the largest member of the deer family, alternatively named Eurasian elk to avoid confusion with the wapiti), that occurs only in Europe and Asia. | Any of various large species of deer such as the red deer, moose or wapiti (see usage notes).
- Useful related words include: european elk, moose, alces alces, deer.
- In the example corpus, elk often appears in combinations such as: the elk, elk grove, elk valley.
Context around Elk
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Elk
- In this selection, "elk" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, national, 200, wild, mound, refuge and rut stand out and add context to how "elk" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 4 200 elk were still and a healthy elk population of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "elk" sits close to words such as achilles, algae and bending, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with elk
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As our elk guides began to bugle, their enchanting melodies resonated through the wilderness. (14 words)
Among them is Lions Head and the outcrop enveloping perhaps the park’s greatest draw: Elk Falls. (17 words)
CWD is a fatal neurological disease found in deer, elk, moose and other members of the deer family. (18 words)
Elk Mound collected seven hits and were aided by as many walks from Glenwood City pitchers en route to a 10-0 shut out win over the Hilltoppers in the May 24 Division 3 regional opener at the Lions Park in Elk Mound. (43 words)
Participants ride in a wagon pulled by a tractor through a meadow, flinging flakes of alfalfa for herds of wild elk. The elk come close to eat the handout, offering a premiere wildlife viewing experience. (35 words)
The four mines in B.C.'s Elk Valley in the Kootenay region are operated by Teck, which spun off its coal mining operations to Elk Valley Resources, where Horgan is now a board member. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Though groups of elk began moving north from the National Elk Refuge as early as two weeks ago, approximately 4,200 elk were still on Refuge land last weekend.
Participants ride in a wagon pulled by a tractor through a meadow, flinging flakes of alfalfa for herds of wild elk. The elk come close to eat the handout, offering a premiere wildlife viewing experience.
People watch as an elk cow crosses the bike path near Lake Estes during the elk rut at Rocky Mountain National Park.
The four mines in B.C.'s Elk Valley in the Kootenay region are operated by Teck, which spun off its coal mining operations to Elk Valley Resources, where Horgan is now a board member.
Estes Valley is home to a healthy elk population of at least 600 to 800 elk. Although not all cows will successfully breed, those that do will find a quiet, secluded spot to give birth.
In addition to riding through the middle of hundreds of elk, you can spend time warming up and learning more about elk in the Hardware Wildlife Education Center.
The festival features bugling contests, elk exhibits, elk-inspired arts and crafts, as well as Native American music, dancing and storytelling.
Police Investigating Person's Death In Elk GroveA person's death at an Elk Grove business on Wednesday morning was not the result of foul play.
The former Elk Refuge biologist said there is a degree of political pressure behind keeping the elk in feeding ground areas artificially high.
Elk Mound collected seven hits and were aided by as many walks from Glenwood City pitchers en route to a 10-0 shut out win over the Hilltoppers in the May 24 Division 3 regional opener at the Lions Park in Elk Mound.
Elk Mound's Blake Rosenthal grabs the ball from the air after a Fall Creek shot during a regional quarterfinal basketball game at Elk Mound High School on February 27, 2018.
Elk Rapids is a community where people care deeply about quality of life and this film offers such inspiration for all of us,” says Royce Ragland of Green Elk Rapids.
The early Pleistocene cervid † Eucladoceros was comparable in size to the modern elk. citation † Megaloceros (Pliocene–Pleistocene) featured the Irish elk (M.
Among them is Lions Head and the outcrop enveloping perhaps the park’s greatest draw: Elk Falls.
An explosion in Colorado’s human population and tourism has resulted in more people playing year-round in areas where elk used to find seasonal relief.
A Pendleton man will be fined $75,000 and will have to serve two weeks of jail time during elk hunting season for the next three years.
As our elk guides began to bugle, their enchanting melodies resonated through the wilderness.
But the main reason to visit in fall is the elk rut, the season of love from mid-September to mid-October.
Craig was gunned down in the Elk Road area between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m. that day, and at this time, no arrests have been made.
CWD is a fatal neurological disease found in deer, elk, moose and other members of the deer family.
Common combinations with elk
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the elk 32×
- elk grove 23×
- elk valley 17×
- in elk 16×
- and elk 14×
- of elk 13×
- elk and 13×
- deer elk 7×
- elk mountain 7×
- to elk 6×