How to Use eel in a Sentence

eel

noun
  • The torch is then used to fry the eel in the bone marrow fat.
    Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • One of the best marine baits for a host of species is the eel.
    Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 2 Jan. 2020
  • The eel came out of its niche and grabbed the lionfish off the spear.
    John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2021
  • To get to New York, the eel larvae catch a ride on the Gulf Stream current.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Nature: When an eel climbs a ramp to eat squid from a clamp, that’s a moray.
    New York Times, 23 June 2021
  • So the first step is figuring out a way to anesthetize the eel.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Lurie went to the Fulton Fish Market in the Bronx, in hopes of procuring an eel.
    John Semley, The New Republic, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The best section was an eel grass bed in 4 to 8 foot depths just off the main river, Leary said.
    Frank Sargeant, al, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The banner flutters in the air like an eel, shrouding the sun, dropping to beach grass.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
  • Have an idea, a link, a friendly encounter with an eel?
    Rob Engelaar, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The channels were used to trap and harvest eels for food, CNN reports.
    National Geographic, 27 Jan. 2020
  • The state and its partners began tracking eel passage near the Conowingo Dam in 2007.
    Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Guests here will find eels, starfish, and colorful coral.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Swamp eels, pythons, land snails, iguanas, and… bunnies?
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 17 July 2023
  • Sutton flails about like an eel on shore while Crystal is the calm hawk waiting to swoop down and make a meal out of her.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 July 2021
  • Now fish have returned in droves: Atlantic salmon, alewives, baby eels, shad and brook trout, to name a few.
    Lisa W. Foderaro, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020
  • The eel-like fish, which grows up to 20 inches long, features a round, suction mouth circled with rows of sharp teeth.
    Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2020
  • New South’s Crunchy Dog makes use of pork rinds, eel sauce, spicy mayo, avocado and cream cheese.
    Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 6 July 2023
  • As young larvae, baby eels drift around the sea for between seven months and three years.
    National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2020
  • This meal can include everything from smelt and eel to squid and mussels.
    Jason Bittel, Family, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Last spring, two fishermen showed up at his kitchen door with a fresh catch of the fang-toothed cross between a catfish and an eel.
    Adam Erace, Fortune, 28 May 2022
  • The idea is great; the salad is smokier than the original, and with the wonderful added oily softness of the eel.
    New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Considered a delicacy at the time, the eel was fished to the point of near extinction.
    Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Hummingbirds flit between the lush foliage, while rays, eels, and fishes teem through the reefs.
    Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The baby eels are used as seed stock by Asian aquaculture companies and can fetch more than $2,000 per pound at the docks.
    USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2020
  • The final box contains a live fire eel swimming in warm water, which caused the audience to gasp.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Among the findings was a blind eel with transparent, gelatinous skin – the pictures are creepy and amazing.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Miguel is not the first eel to spread a little holiday energy.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Maine’s baby eel fishermen had a productive year in the state’s rivers and streams, but the price for the eels was much lower than usual.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2020
  • An eel’s life American eels hatch about 3,700-miles miles southeast of the Hudson in the salty Sargasso Sea.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024

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