How to Use octopus in a Sentence

octopus

noun
  • Be sure to keep your eyes open for the flying octopus and gecko.
    Jen Banowetz, Naperville Sun, 24 May 2018
  • Don’t miss the octopus and pig skin taco and suckling pig turnovers.
    Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2020
  • In fact, the wrapper has a sketch of an octopus, its limbs spread across the paper.
    Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Don’t miss the killer cocktails and the fiery spiced lamb and octopus dishes cooked on a smoky open grill.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Fried octopus comes with red onions, fennel and a tangy gloss of lemon.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The coconut octopus was sitting in a small hollow in the sand.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Gemel Smith woke up from his game-day nap, grabbed his phone and saw a tweet with an octopus.
    Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Here are a few places to keep in mind for buying fresh octopus.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2018
  • There is some concern that, by the time we are seated, the kitchen will have run out of octopus.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • The seafood options are vast, like ceviche and shrimp tostadas, and soups with octopus and shrimp.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 23 Apr. 2024
  • This octopus swam up to an Egyptian shore to show off for some tourists.
    Animalkind, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
  • Order the octopus salad and grilled fish for your last seafood feast in Dubrovnik.
    Wendy Hu, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
  • The owner has a boat and a diver who goes into the sea, each day, to fetch him an octopus.
    Liz Cantrell, Town & Country, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Unlike the octopus, though, the limpet can’t change the shape of its layers after they are laid down.
    Quanta Magazine, 21 June 2021
  • The market is well stocked with iced rows of tilapia, octopus and shellfish.
    Jesse Pearson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • The size and shape of the tooth marks pointed to gastropods and octopuses as the likely culprits.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
  • One of the many amazing facts about the octopus that helped drive this work was that the creatures have as many as 2000 suckers.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The octopus is served cold in a vinaigrette, which is a most excellent way to cool down.
    Esra Erol, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The world’s oceans are home to as many as 300 species of octopuses, each more remarkable than the last.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The zoo is preparing the space for a smaller octopus species in the future.
    Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The zoo is preparing the space for a smaller octopus species in the future.
    Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
  • Like the one with your cat in that octopus costume on Halloween.
    Ginny Hogan, The New Yorker, 18 July 2024
  • The porteño ceviche is a bright orange bowl filled with pillows of sea bass and slices of octopus.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The hydrothermal springs are as big of a finding as the new species of octopus.
    Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Quarter the olives, slice the cucumber and finely chop some onion for the octopus.
    Jim Webster, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Some of our Spanish octopus comes from the Mediterranean Sea.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • There, in his room, is a corner with a tiny armchair, a short bookshelf, and a stuffed octopus.
    Tara Bannow, STAT, 15 Aug. 2022
  • For diners who want to follow his lead, try the octopus.
    Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 16 June 2021
  • Turtles and palm trees adorned bags and totes, while cute charms in the shape of clownfish or octopuses dangled from bags.
    WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The octopus, the elephant, the great horned owl, the house cat, the giant tortoise, the chimpanzee: who, in all the vast animal kingdom, joins us in having intimations of mortality?
    Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024

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