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
• This time the team made a manatee using rat heart cells.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Feb. 2022
• 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
• Graham and Buffett were chatting backstage when the singer brought up the plight of the manatee.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
• 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
• Both are well above the five-year average of 287 manatee deaths in the time period.
  — Curt Anderson, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Apr. 2022
• 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
• The infant manatees had to be bottle-fed every four hours.
  — Jason Gulley Catrin Einhorn, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• An oasis of wildlife, look out for dolphins, manatees, sting rays, turtles, and more.
  — Kara Franker, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
• This appears to me, at this stage of our knowledge, as a kind of peaceful giant, a bit like a super-sized manatee.
  — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 3 Aug. 2023
• Columbus had in fact claimed to have seen mermaids in the Caribbean, now believed to have been manatees.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
• And when seagrasses die, gone is the manatee's favorite food source.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 30 May 2021
• The manatee swam out without harm and continued its journey out of the Chesapeake Bay.
  — Doc Louallen, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• Some of the items were labeled as being made from bones from the Steller’s sea cow, a manatee-like animal that was hunted to extinction in the 1760s.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2022
• Keep an eye out for marine life like black crabs, mangrove snapper, and manatees.
  — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2024
• As the weather begins to warm, Florida manatees come out to play.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• In a typical year, boat collisions cause around 20% to 25% of all manatee deaths.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 12 July 2021
• The waters around Florida are home to thousands of manatees, large marine mammals that have lived in the area for millions of years.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 5 Aug. 2023
• The density of the bones suggests the whale may have spent its time in shallow, coastal waters, the authors said as other coastal dwellers, like manatees, have heavy bones.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
• In 1982, school children voted the panther the state animal, picking it over the diminutive Key deer and the fat but lovable manatee.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2021
• The manatee was down-listed in 2017 from endangered to threatened.
  — Amy Green, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2021
• Park officials posted a photo of one area in the park, where dozens of manatees can be seen huddled together in the water.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2024
• In the container, the manatee rested on a foam bed and was covered in wool and space blankets to maintain a healthy body temperature.
  — Fox News, 28 July 2022
• Guests get the day to explore and take a boat adventure through the jungle, looking for crocodiles, monkeys, and manatees.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
• The Cincinnati Zoo said the manatees hit their goal weight of 600 pounds and were finally ready to return to their native Florida waters.
  — Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024