How to Use sturgeon in a Sentence

sturgeon

noun

• The largest fish in the Badger State is the lake sturgeon.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2022
• Could the Maryland’s first farmed salmon be a threat to the last of its sturgeon?
  — Scott Dance, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2022
• The cells that go on to form the armor on the flanks of the sturgeon start out as part of the nervous system.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
• The loss of our lake sturgeon has been much like the slaughter of the buffalo.
  — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2018
• Add a small pinch of piment d’espelette pepper, diced smoked sturgeon and the crème fraiche off the heat.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2021
• Among them are the green sturgeon and the American beaver, both in the United States.
  — Stefan Lovgren, National Geographic, 8 Aug. 2019
• Fishermen cut out the roe from the sturgeon and often tossed the fish back in the water to die.
  — Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
• Lake sturgeon can exceed 6 feet in length and weigh over 200 pounds.
  — Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2018
• The gorges and pools in this part of the Danube were long a home to sturgeon and other large fish that sustained human life.
  — James Gorman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2019
• By day's end, arms were tired from landing more than a dozen sturgeon.
  — oregonlive.com, 8 June 2019
• This month, keep an eye on the night sky for two supermoons: a full sturgeon moon and a full blue moon.
  — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
• This year, Talmadge said, the biggest turnouts have been for sturgeon.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
• The nova there is unctuous, The sturgeon’s like a dream.
  — New York Times, 17 June 2019
• The full moon was given this name because sturgeons were most often caught around this time of the year.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2023
• That is when sturgeon and striped bass often arrive to dine.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2018
• Much of it is culled from a sturgeon hybrid called Kaluga.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
• The harvest limit for the season was six lake sturgeon.
  — Tanya Wildt, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023
• The sturgeon bite should last well through April, but many of the six-pack operators will be heading to the bay soon.
  — sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
• Or the sturgeon, which has an origin of similar age and lacks scales but has a body covered in bony plates.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
• Paddlefish are one-of-a-kind, in the same family as sturgeon.
  — New York Times, 26 May 2018
• He is also forbidden to keep the salmon, bass and sturgeon his traps collect.
  — Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
• There are many different species of sturgeon which produce their own unique type of caviar.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 July 2021
• Also added to the red list on Thursday are every single species of sturgeon.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 21 July 2022
• All sturgeon caught in the Detroit River must be released.
  — Ed White, Chron, 30 Apr. 2021
• For those who still want to partake, sturgeon can be targeted this month through May 15.
  — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
• For all you trivia buffs, the answer is four: white sturgeon, bull trout, burbot and sockeye salmon.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 19 Feb. 2018
• The shortnose sturgeon also shows signs of bouncing back.
  — Fox News, 10 July 2019
• It's named after a fish called a sturgeon, which was readily caught during that time of year in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
  — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2022
• Touch Tank: Visitors can touch sturgeon, stingrays and bamboo sharks.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2024
• White sturgeon diverged from other sturgeon and paddlefish about 46 million years ago.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024