How to Use manta ray in a Sentence

manta ray

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• The bars are on motors and can move up and down around the sphere, like the curve of a manta ray’s fin.
  — Dani Deahl, The Verge, 9 July 2019
• My aim is to see the whale sharks and manta rays of the Maldives—one of our Best Trips for 2020.
  — National Geographic, 31 Dec. 2019
• At one point, the speed boat captain spots a manta ray.
  — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2024
• But more awesome are the manta rays, which are more than 18 feet wide.
  — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
• Snorkel with Manta Rays in Kona Kona is known for a place to snorkel with manta rays.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
• Watch for manta rays and the ancient volcano, Otemanu, along the way.
  — Becca Hensley, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
• Ink covered their chests and arms in black patterns that looked like manta rays and birds.
  — Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
• Jake Wilton thinks that the manta ray might have recognized him from his recent dives in the area.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2019
• Guests can snorkel and dive with whale sharks in southern waters and alongside manta rays in the north.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
• The blooms, in turn, attract plankton, a favorite prey of manta rays.
  — Christopher Pala, Science | AAAS, 21 Sep. 2017
• More manta ray viewing tour boats could also use the sites if the buoys were installed.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
• Bottlenose dolphins, magpies, and manta rays are among the few species that have passed that test.
  — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2019
• The Manta gets its name from a pair of retractable wings used to hold a third of the solar panels that mimic the shape of a manta ray.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2021
• This month has Bavaria in Texas, fireworks in London, and manta rays in Mozambique.
  — George Stone, National Geographic, 5 Nov. 2019
• Some of the coolness is quite cool — giant flying manta ray taxis!
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• That’s because the watercraft’s unique look, as its name may have given away, is based on the manta ray.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2023
• Finding a juvenile manta ray, which are downright rare in most parts of the ocean.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 June 2018
• Thankfully, a giant manta ray with hooks caught in her eye found one of these buddies out in the deep blue sea.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2019
• Trash falls from the surface of the water and into a manta ray’s mouth—an image captured by a diver off the coast of Bali.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• Among those at risk are four hammerhead shark species, four species of angel shark and the giant manta ray.
  — NBC News, 10 Dec. 2020
• To top it off, the water shelters manta rays, sea turtles, and a live reef begging to be explored.
  — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
• Divers from around the world flock here to swim with massive manta rays and glide though undersea forests of brain corals, blue staghorns and orange sea whips.
  — Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• Netgear’s new high-end router looks like a manta ray, which is to say it’s relatively par for the course for the Nighthawk line of wireless routers.
  — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 11 Jan. 2021
• Guests might see humpback whales and spinner dolphins, swim with sea turtles, and snorkel with manta rays and reef sharks.
  — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2023
• At their gargantuan sizes, manta rays have only the most plus-sized of predators to fear, and many survive decades in the wild.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
• The group was watching whales and following fish and a manta ray, Maui police spokeswoman Lt.
  — USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2020
• The Big Island is quite unique and remarkable for manta ray sightings.
  — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• And that’s where most of the natural diversity exists, from manta rays in the north to hammerhead sharks in the south.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
• These cranial ornamentations range from sea creatures like manta rays to alliums like onions and garlic to pets like French bulldogs and Shiba Inus.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 8 July 2024
• Snorkelers of all ages led by experienced swimmers and divers are welcomed into the water at dusk, accompanied by large lights that attract plankton, thus pulling manta rays up close to feed.
  — Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024