sea monster
noun
plural sea monsters
: a mythical creature of usually immense size that lives underwater and is traditionally regarded as a threat to ships and mariners
All readers of Yeats will need this book; when they open it they will feel a surprise like that experienced by St. Brendan the Navigator and his crew when they disembarked upon an island that turned out to be the back of a dormant sea monster.—
Seamus Heaney
Seamus HeaneyExamples of sea monster in a Sentence
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Moral of the story: Don’t take healthy relationship cues from sea monsters.
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—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
One Encinitas resident dressed as a scuba diver being eaten by a kraken, a legendary sea monster akin to an octopus said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
This provides some evidence that these sucky-mouthed sea monsters and humans are much more closely related than the team anticipated.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
In Norway and Iceland, legend has it that the Kraken, a giant sea monster similar to a squid or octopus, is lurking in local seas, only to occasionally rise and go on a rampage.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
Further, the creatures in those earlier source texts are identified as whales, not mythical sea monsters.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2023
This beautiful film takes place on the Italian Riviera and follows an unlikely friendship between a human boy (Tremblay) and a sea monster disguised as a human (Grazer).
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Feb. 2024
Like on the school run, or to battle colossal sea monsters that have emerged from a portal at the bottom of the ocean.
—Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2023
Named after a mythical sea monster, the Charybdis will be the first vessel allowed to pick up turbine parts from U.S. ports, haul them into the ocean and construct skyscraper-sized windmills.
—David Uberti, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
One Encinitas resident dressed as a scuba diver being eaten by a kraken, a legendary sea monster akin to an octopus said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland.
—Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
This provides some evidence that these sucky-mouthed sea monsters and humans are much more closely related than the team anticipated.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
In Norway and Iceland, legend has it that the Kraken, a giant sea monster similar to a squid or octopus, is lurking in local seas, only to occasionally rise and go on a rampage.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024
Further, the creatures in those earlier source texts are identified as whales, not mythical sea monsters.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 Mar. 2023
This beautiful film takes place on the Italian Riviera and follows an unlikely friendship between a human boy (Tremblay) and a sea monster disguised as a human (Grazer).
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Feb. 2024
Like on the school run, or to battle colossal sea monsters that have emerged from a portal at the bottom of the ocean.
—Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2023
Named after a mythical sea monster, the Charybdis will be the first vessel allowed to pick up turbine parts from U.S. ports, haul them into the ocean and construct skyscraper-sized windmills.
—David Uberti, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
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“Sea monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20monster. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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