elephantine

• “I agree about that first picture- never have I seen a clearer example of the adjective 'elephantine'.”

  A Long, Weaving Road

• “Thank you all very much," she said -- and was gone, with a kind of elephantine swiftness.”

  Captain Jim

• “He had become suave and unctuous, a kind of elephantine irony pervading his laborious attempts at conciliation.”

  I Will Repay

• “Their predominant expression was good nature, a kind of elephantine docility, which neutralized the awe inspired by his immense size.”

  Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel

• “Aurochs were immortalised in prehistoric cave paintings and admired for their brute strength and "elephantine" size by Julius Caesar.”

  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com

• “Harsh actinic lights illuminated both the elephantine generators and horizontal warp core, and three twitching bodies on the floor.”

  Simon & Schuster: Star Trek The Next Generation®

• “Black Matt and Tom Morrisey merely held on to each other and lifted their clumsy-booted feet in what seemed a grotesque, elephantine dance.”

  Chapter 4

• “No, he felt obliged to compose works that couldn't possibly sustain their elephantine size, mega extended canvases that often occupied two or three entire CDs.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The Jazz Scene: Whirling Through a Wynton Wonderland

• “To be played by America's sweetheart, elephantine smile and all in the silver screen adaption of a seemingly unrealistic and self-indulgent portrayal of a post - matrimonial mourning period.”

  The Huffington Post: The DC Damsel: Eat Pray Choke On It

• “I have just been telling you what I think, in order to explain why the elephantine gambols of Madame Tetralani spoil the orchestra for me.”

  Chapter 24

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