How to Use shark in a Sentence

shark

noun
  • Each year, the sharks give live birth to about 20 pups each.
    Ana Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The White Sox would be among the teams atop the wish list for the sharks circling.
    Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
  • Or the way many sharks need to keep swimming to breathe.
    Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The shark has traveled up and down the East Coast in the years since he was first tagged.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Despite its name, the whale shark is not a whale but a type of shark.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
  • This isn’t the first time McLeod has put forward a shark cull.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2024
  • But sometimes, the big fish should stay in the small pond to defend the minnows from the sharks.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • This car seat gap filler is so cool, that even the sharks have approved of it.
    Katiee McKinstry, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Towards the beginning of his video, the seal jumps and jukes as it’s chased by the shark.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The woman did not see the shark that bit her, but was in waist-deep water.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The sharks reportedly swam right up to the bales and took bites.
    Kim Luciani, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • The satellite tracker tags are attached to the sharks’ fin.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Your dog is going to catch all the laughs with this adorable shark costume.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The water is very calm, and the beach is well-known for being the best spot to go searching for shark teeth.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Men bring in hauls of tuna and sometimes shark, while children play in the surf.
    Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Do the sharks, the seagulls, and the huge fish represent the Holy Trinity?
    Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • How to book As with most safaris, a shark charter dozen’t come cheap.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Run-ins with sharks and stinging sea lice haven’t deterred her.
    Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Doctors also found pieces of the shark's tooth shattered and stuck in his bone.
    Pilar Arias, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But now a major part of the shark tourism industry is dead in the water.
    Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The scene on the beach serves up a variation on Jaws, with the tanker substituting for the shark.
    Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The killer whale managed to attack and kill the shark on its own in under two minutes.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In the famous episode, Fonzie donned a pair of water skis and jumped over a shark in a display of bravado.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The carnage was the work of just two orcas, nicknamed Port and Starboard, who are known to hunt sharks in the region.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Whale sharks use the shallow waters off La Paz as a feeding ground.
    Time, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Surfers, sharks, seabirds and even a swarm of bees also will make an appearance.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
  • During the necropsy, researchers found 40 shark pups in the mother's body.
    Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • In an intriguing twist on the title, the cover art features the singer in the water, just feet away from a shark.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
  • From spooky sharks to Benjamin Franklin to head-tilting puppies, our top stories of 2023 are ones for the record book.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
  • His clues include being 'top of the class', algebra, ringing a tiny bell, and a brief flash of a shark.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2023

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