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noun

ark

a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood

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Six example sentences with ark, each labelled with its topic.

  • Explorers have combed the slopes of Ararat for a century, hunting timbers they believe came from the ark.

    History

  • Every version of the story ends the same way, with a dove returning to the ark carrying an olive leaf.

    Literature

  • A Flemish painter crowded his canvas with giraffes and leopards filing two by two toward Noah's waiting ark.

    Art

  • The 2014 film shows the ark as a huge timber box, far plainer than the boat with a cabin from picture books.

    Movies

  • A Kentucky attraction built a full-size ark from timber, five hundred feet long, following the measurements given in Genesis.

    Architecture

  • The old spiritual counts the animals climbing aboard the ark two by two, and each verse adds another pair.

    Music

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