How to Use jellyfish in a Sentence
jellyfish
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The phantom is among the largest jellyfish in the world.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 6 Dec. 2021 -
The flags flew for most of last week due jellyfish in the water.
— Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 11 July 2022 -
All of a sudden, there’s a wall of jellyfish in front of you.
— Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2022 -
The fibers and translucence of jellyfish and deep water life were a key theme in the 19 looks.
— Washington Post, 1 July 2019 -
The barrel jellyfish is the largest found in U.K. waters, per the site.
— Fox News, 17 July 2019 -
In this case, Moon jellyfish are largely to blame for the stings.
— Madeline Farber, Fox News, 13 June 2018 -
Her door swung open and the spill of light from the hallway washed over the ceiling and drowned her jellyfish.
— Susan Choi, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020 -
The pilot just has to get the funnel right up to this golf tee jellyfish, and the suction does the rest.
— Matt Simon, Wired, 23 Dec. 2021 -
There is some debate about the best way to treat a jellyfish sting.
— Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 9 Oct. 2023 -
The ends of the auditory nerve look like green jellyfish; the sheaths around the nerve fibers licorice red.
— Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2020 -
The ocean, on the other hand, brims with see-through species, from jellyfish and sponges to crustaceans, cephalopods, and even fish.
— Luna Shyr, Wired, 4 Sep. 2021 -
So the five animals were the crab, the salamander, a bat, a shark, and a jellyfish.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2019 -
But some can be deadly, such as stings from the box jellyfish.
— George Petras, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024 -
At first, a few small jellyfish emerged, then a piece of plastic.
— Author: Simon Denyer, Chris Mooney, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2019 -
These odd jellyfish had one role in life: to go away and never be seen again.
— Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022 -
Isaac’s were stuffed with jellyfish and plum, mine with mustard greens and salmon flakes.
— Helen Schulman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024 -
The shape of these flashes, like a jellyfish, extends both up and down toward the ground.
— Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Oct. 2020 -
The wine is named after jellyfish, which are able to navigate and thrive in the darkest abyss of the deep sea.
— Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Keep in mind that swarms of jellyfish arrive around the end of June and depart about a month later.
— Michele Chabin, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019 -
There’s a brand new, million-light-year space jellyfish in town.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 9 Apr. 2021 -
How to relax while swimming in the ocean, even around jellyfish.
— Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2020 -
What will happen to me if I am stung by a clinging jellyfish?
— Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023 -
What is the lifespan of the jellyfish? Jellyfish do not live long.
— Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024 -
Throw in a fake jellyfish as bait, and the vehicle was ready to look at the giant squids more closely.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 Aug. 2022 -
The 224-seat, open-air dining room features a large fish tank filled with jellyfish.
— Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 22 July 2024 -
The edges of the umbrella are thickened, and the structure of the jellyfish creates the image of a cross-hair, according to the study.
— Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024 -
For starters, the planet’s magnetic field lines look like the head and arms of a flailing jellyfish.
— Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024 -
Adding to that curiosity is the fact that the plot involves some sort of jellyfish.
— Joanna Robinson, HWD, 21 Mar. 2018 -
In the ocean, jellyfish can shoot out their harpoons about 100 times as fast as the shrimp, but the action is not repeatable.
— Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023 -
Both have jellyfish stings and sunburns, and Nathan had nearly slipped into a diabetic coma when they were found.
— Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 July 2024
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