UNICORN in a Sentence

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For UNICORN, below is one of 4 sentences:
The unicorn soon came towards him, and rushed directly on the tailor, as if it would gore him with its horn without more ado.

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 Meanings and Examples of UNICORN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
unicorn
 n.  fabulous animal with one horn
Classic Sentence:
1  I fear one unicorn still less than two giants.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
2  The unicorn soon came towards him, and rushed directly on the tailor, as if it would gore him with its horn without more ado.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
3  An Irish author avers that the Earl of Leicester, on bended knees, did likewise present to her highness another horn, pertaining to a land beast of the unicorn nature.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
Example Sentence:
1  Adding consistency and predictability to magic just means a unicorn is a horse with a horn.