How to Use ammonite in a Sentence

ammonite

noun

• Even the inexperienced are likely to find the 200-million-year-old shells of ammonites (extinct ancestors of mollusks) embedded in the rocks along the shore.
  — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2023
• This wasn’t to say that mosasaurs never ate ammonites, though.
  — Brian Switek, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2012
• What the girl had found was the fossil of an ammonite, a sea creature that went the way of the dinosaurs millions of years ago.
  — CNN, 21 Mar. 2018
• In addition, the amber contained the shells of squid-like critters called ammonites, which also lived in the sea.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 11 Mar. 2020
• The Earp homestead is built on a bedrock of ammonite, which acts as a powerful revenant repellant.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2018
• But as the shell was pulled along by the current the impression widened, till 18 ridges become visible before the ammonite plopped over.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017
• But as the shell was pulled along by the current the impression widened, till 18 ridges become visible before the ammonite plopped over.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017
• Mary is tough and closed off, for example, like a shelled ammonite made hard as rock by external pressure.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2021
• Fed by a constant stream of nutrients, the ocean supported all walks of life, from snails and ammonites to the massive Mosasaurus, an extinct group of marine reptiles.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2017
• The couple, who own a farm in nearby Hays, had previously collected ammonites and tiny bones while hiking through the shortgrass prairie.
  — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
• Giant mollusks with flanged shells that looked like alien cruisers disappeared forever, and many species of nautilus-like cephalopods called ammonites also went extinct.
  — National Geographic, 18 Dec. 2019
• But despite centuries of research, many mysteries still surround ammonites.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 13 May 2019
• Tsujita and Westermann also cataloged the positive evidence that mosasaurs bit ammonites.
  — Brian Switek, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2012
• This wasn’t to say that mosasaurs never ate ammonites, though.
  — Brian Switek, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2012
• What the girl had found was the fossil of an ammonite, a sea creature that went the way of the dinosaurs millions of years ago.
  — CNN, 21 Mar. 2018
• In addition, the amber contained the shells of squid-like critters called ammonites, which also lived in the sea.
  — Matt Simon, Wired, 11 Mar. 2020
• The Earp homestead is built on a bedrock of ammonite, which acts as a powerful revenant repellant.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2018
• But as the shell was pulled along by the current the impression widened, till 18 ridges become visible before the ammonite plopped over.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017
• But as the shell was pulled along by the current the impression widened, till 18 ridges become visible before the ammonite plopped over.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017
• Mary is tough and closed off, for example, like a shelled ammonite made hard as rock by external pressure.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2021
• Fed by a constant stream of nutrients, the ocean supported all walks of life, from snails and ammonites to the massive Mosasaurus, an extinct group of marine reptiles.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2017
• The couple, who own a farm in nearby Hays, had previously collected ammonites and tiny bones while hiking through the shortgrass prairie.
  — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
• Even the inexperienced are likely to find the 200-million-year-old shells of ammonites (extinct ancestors of mollusks) embedded in the rocks along the shore.
  — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2023
• Giant mollusks with flanged shells that looked like alien cruisers disappeared forever, and many species of nautilus-like cephalopods called ammonites also went extinct.
  — National Geographic, 18 Dec. 2019
• But despite centuries of research, many mysteries still surround ammonites.
  — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 13 May 2019
• Tsujita and Westermann also cataloged the positive evidence that mosasaurs bit ammonites.
  — Brian Switek, WIRED, 11 Apr. 2012

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024