How to Use octopus in a Sentence

octopus

noun

• Sea anemone, sea squirts, raw trout, live octopus, and the list goes on and on.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2018
• 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
• The octopus is tender and meaty and could be a light entree on its own.
  — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 19 Jan. 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
• In 1952, two Detroit brothers brought an octopus to the Red Wings first playoff game and threw it on the ice.
  — Chris Chase, For The Win, 16 Apr. 2018
• 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
• Soon the only evidence of their tailgating is a small piece of octopus on the ground.
  — Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
• The sauteed octopus is cooked to tender plumpness and comes with chorizo chips and a delectable chili sauce.
  — Katie Sweeney, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Jan 2025