Explore Walrus through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like seahorse or pinniped. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Walrus meaning
- A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus.
- A man with a walrus moustache.
Using Walrus
- The main meaning on this page is: A large Arctic marine mammal related to seals and having long tusks, tough, wrinkled skin, and four flippers, Odobenus rosmarus. | A man with a walrus moustache.
- Useful related words include: seahorse, sea horse, pinniped mammal, pinniped.
- In the example corpus, walrus often appears in combinations such as: the walrus, walrus ivory, walrus and.
Context around Walrus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Walrus
- In this selection, "walrus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, culture, typical, damn, ivory, plays and sites stand out and add context to how "walrus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 236 stone walrus that killed and a damn walrus jjust like. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "walrus" sits close to words such as achievers, acton and aether, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with walrus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Trump: “Boston is a s-hole dont know how Walrus lives there”. (12 words)
Nicole Dirks was the Yale Journalism Scholar at The Walrus in 2023. (12 words)
A walrus is 12 feet long, so 18 walruses (walrusi?) is 216 feet long. (14 words)
Culture Walrus ivory masks made by Yupik in Alaska John Tenniel 's illustration for Lewis Carroll 's poem " The Walrus and the Carpenter The walrus plays an important role in the religion and folklore of many Arctic peoples. (38 words)
A walrus that became a global celebrity last year after it was seen frolicking and basking in a Oslo fjord before it was euthanized by the authorities has been honored with a bronze sculpture in Norway. (36 words)
It’s a classic story: boy meets mad scientist, mad scientist turns boy into a horrific human-walrus hybrid thing, and the two duke it out while “Tusk” by Fleetwood Mac blares in the background. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Culture Walrus ivory masks made by Yupik in Alaska John Tenniel 's illustration for Lewis Carroll 's poem " The Walrus and the Carpenter The walrus plays an important role in the religion and folklore of many Arctic peoples.
Several place names in Iceland, Greenland and Norway may originate from walrus sites: Hvalfjord, Hvallatrar and Hvalsnes to name some, all being typical walrus breeding grounds.
A personal interaction with The Walrus staff at the Word on the Street festival in Toronto the following June encouraged me to buy a subscription.
A walrus is 12 feet long, so 18 walruses (walrusi?) is 216 feet long.
A walrus mustache that covered all but the center of his lower lip now dominated his face.
A walrus that became a global celebrity last year after it was seen frolicking and basking in a Oslo fjord before it was euthanized by the authorities has been honored with a bronze sculpture in Norway.
During an episode of the podcast, Smith and producer Scott Mosier developed a concept for a possible horror film about a man who is transformed into a walrus.
He’s like, ‘You look like a damn walrus…’ Jjust like the funniest things that they call you.
It was believed to be the first time a walrus has been spotted in Yorkshire.
Now you get some idea of what Walrus has to go through, looking at LinkedIn photos of internship applicants.
Obsidian said it took the Peace River area fields at Seal, Walrus and Nampa offline on May 12 and shut-in the Peace River Harmon Valley South field on May 14.
The sculpture of the walrus 'Freya' is unveiled in Oslo, Norway, on April 29.
Trump: “Boston is a s-hole dont know how Walrus lives there”.
Wally the Walrus, wallowed into the public eye two years ago this week to bring smiles to a Pembrokeshire public as the coronavirus pandemic entered its second year.
A 236 stone walrus that killed two people at a zoo after one tried to get a selfie could've "lashed out" in frustration.
It’s a classic story: boy meets mad scientist, mad scientist turns boy into a horrific human-walrus hybrid thing, and the two duke it out while “Tusk” by Fleetwood Mac blares in the background.
Nicole Dirks was the Yale Journalism Scholar at The Walrus in 2023.
Situations like this can be expected when Walrus spikes the punch with Top Shelf Russian Vodka.
The Royal Netherlands Navy's Walrus-class submarines, introduced in the 1980s, have made significant contributions to international military operations.
The walrus involved was a long-term resident of the zoo and had lived there for over a decade.
Common combinations with walrus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the walrus 29×
- walrus ivory 6×
- walrus and 6×
- walrus has 4×
- walrus that 3×
- or walrus 3×
- from walrus 2×
- walrus is 2×
- of walrus 2×
- walrus or 2×