How to Use manatee in a Sentence

manatee

noun

• The video shows the manatee adorably putting one flipper on the board and hanging out on the edge.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024
• Since then, the zoo has had aardvarks, sloths, meerkats, manatees and more on the show.
  — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 7 Apr. 2020
• And if an animal were to try, the skin of a manatee is too tough to chew.
  — Hannah Lang, National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2019
• This time the team made a manatee using rat heart cells.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Feb. 2022
• In the wild, the average lifespan of a manatee is about 40 years old.
  — Jennifer Calfas, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2017
• The rash of manatee deaths has so far been attributed to two things.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2021
• Middle-aged in his mid 30s, he’s had a crazy life and may be the world’s most famous manatee.
  — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
• When the team arrived at the marina, the manatee was gone.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2023
• The five-year average of manatee deaths in that time frame is 481.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
• Hit the kayaking trails to spot the manatees, sea turtles, and more than 200 species of birds that live nearby.
  — Valerie Marino, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2019
• Run, walk or bike your favorite course near home and get a manatee T-shirt, medal, and race bib.
  — Mary Lou Cruz, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• The highlight of the day was certainly finding two manatees right next to the reef.
  — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
• Graham and Buffett were chatting backstage when the singer brought up the plight of the manatee.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
• That’s because manatees played a role in the mermaid myth.
  — Deborah Martin, ExpressNews.com, 27 Sep. 2019
• Stubby has helped dozens of young manatees during her two decades at the zoo.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
• And, along the way, there is always a chance for a dolphin or manatee sighting.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Last year, boats killed 119 manatees, tying the record.
  — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Nov. 2019
• Run, walk or bike your favorite course near home and receive a manatee T-shirt, medal, and race bib.
  — Mary Lou Cruz, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• Boat strikes are also a major cause of manatee deaths, killing at least 63 this year.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021
• In 2017, state wildlife officials blamed red tide for a spike in manatee deaths.
  — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 1 Mar. 2018
• Or the manatees who were rescued after the storm sucked up water from a bay and left them stranded.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 11 Sep. 2017
• Both are well above the five-year average of 287 manatee deaths in the time period.
  — Curt Anderson, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Apr. 2022
• Pineapples, manatees, reefs so thick with fish that boats could barely row to shore.
  — Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• In one case, a manatee died from eating a large amount of plastic shopping bags.
  — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• Leesburg is one of the first manatees recorded on the Harris Chain of Lakes, about 35 miles west of Orlando.
  — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• More than half the manatee deaths this year occurred in the five counties the lagoon borders, state data shows.
  — Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 23 June 2021
• Officials want to avoid a repeat of last winter, when the manatee death toll climbed sharply.
  — Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
• The video, from July 4, captured one of her sons floating on a surfboard in Fort Pierce as the manatee swam toward him.
  — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2022
• That trash doesn't fully decompose and may be mistaken for food by manatees, birds and other wildlife.
  — Yacob Reyes, Axios, 12 July 2024
• Poor water quality and toxic algal blooms have resulted in fish kills, manatee and dolphin die-offs, and takeovers by invasive species.
  — Graham A. J. Worthy, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024