Examples of nautilus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web First described by Greek mathematicians, this irrational figure (also called Phi) has been found in hurricane spirals, peregrine falcon dives, and nautilus shells. — Popular Science, 17 Feb. 2021 The idea is that the nautilus is the perfect proportion and can be translated to architecture, composition, whatever. — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 9 Feb. 2021 While most living squids have an internal hard-shell remnant known as a pen, the ram’s horn squid has an internal shell shaped more like the external, coiled shell of its cousin the nautilus. — Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2020 Inside the squid’s oblong mantle lies a multi-chambered spiral shell that looks something like a miniature nautilus shell. — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2020 The first roll turned out a real dud, the gim too loose, each cut piece unwinding like a nautilus. — Jennifer Hope Choi, Bon Appétit, 19 Aug. 2020 The nautilus-shell impressions, however, were made by a machine. — Edward Burtynsky, National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2020 My parents had other O’Keeffe prints, too—cow skulls and empty mesas, nautilus-shell whorls and black doorways in adobe houses. — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2020 Giant mollusks with flanged shells that looked like alien cruisers disappeared forever, and many species of nautilus-like cephalopods called ammonites also went extinct. — National Geographic, 18 Dec. 2019

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