How to Use sturgeon in a Sentence

sturgeon

noun

• The largest fish in the Badger State is the lake sturgeon.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2022
• Could the Maryland’s first farmed salmon be a threat to the last of its sturgeon?
  — Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2022
• The cells that go on to form the armor on the flanks of the sturgeon start out as part of the nervous system.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
• The next step is to test the beads and powders inside Mote’s sturgeon tanks.
  — Christina Procopiou, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2016
• The loss of our lake sturgeon has been much like the slaughter of the buffalo.
  — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2018
• Add a small pinch of piment d’espelette pepper, diced smoked sturgeon and the crème fraiche off the heat.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2021
• Among them are the green sturgeon and the American beaver, both in the United States.
  — Stefan Lovgren, National Geographic, 8 Aug. 2019
• Fishermen cut out the roe from the sturgeon and often tossed the fish back in the water to die.
  — Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
• Lake sturgeon can exceed 6 feet in length and weigh over 200 pounds.
  — Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2018
• The gorges and pools in this part of the Danube were long a home to sturgeon and other large fish that sustained human life.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
• By day's end, arms were tired from landing more than a dozen sturgeon.
  — oregonlive.com, 8 June 2019
• Remove the baking sheet from the oven; top each nacho with a jalapeno slice and a small dab of sturgeon caviar.
  — Stephanie Wu, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2014
• This month, keep an eye on the night sky for two supermoons: a full sturgeon moon and a full blue moon.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
• This year, Talmadge said, the biggest turnouts have been for sturgeon.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
• The nova there is unctuous, The sturgeon’s like a dream.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2019
• The park sits right on the mighty Snake River, which is home to big smallmouth bass, rainbow trout and sturgeon.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 24 May 2017
• The full moon was given this name because sturgeons were most often caught around this time of the year.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2023
• That is when sturgeon and striped bass often arrive to dine.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2018
• Much of it is culled from a sturgeon hybrid called Kaluga.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• The harvest limit for the season was six lake sturgeon.
  — Tanya Wildt, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023
• The sturgeon bite should last well through April, but many of the six-pack operators will be heading to the bay soon.
  — sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
• Prices range from $1 for a raspberry oat bar dessert to $19 for sturgeon with red cabbage and wheat berries.
  — Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2017
• Or the sturgeon, which has an origin of similar age and lacks scales but has a body covered in bony plates.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
• The dinosaur-like pallid sturgeon can grow up to 6 feet (1.83 meters) long.
  — Washington Post, 2 May 2017
• Paddlefish are one-of-a-kind, in the same family as sturgeon.
  — New York Times, 26 May 2018
• Groundwater is cold enough to raise cold-water fish, such as trout and sturgeon.
  — National Geographic, 14 July 2016
• He is also forbidden to keep the salmon, bass and sturgeon his traps collect.
  — Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
• There are many different species of sturgeon which produce their own unique type of caviar.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 July 2021
• The Sturgeon Moon is named after the sturgeon fish, which were abundant in the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water during this time of year.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2024
• But the fisherman, who for ages had fed their families with, among other less-salable parts, the roe of the sturgeon so plentiful in their waters.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024