Examples of starfish in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Activities for the week also include watching a video about life under the ocean, and then making a starfish out of yarn Tuesday. — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2022 André Leon Talley would love both that and a comment about a chocolate starfish. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2021 During her active career (1924 to 1984), Bernasconi was one of Argentina’s top echinoderm specialists, particularly known for her studies of marine invertebrates such as starfish, sea urchins and brittle stars. — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2022 The starfish glowed orange, and dolphins frolicked in the waves next to us. — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022 Police in Colombia rescued more than 1,000 animals, including birds, starfish and tarantulas, in an anti-smuggling operation supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2022 In 2013, a mystery illness disintegrated the starfish of America’s Western Seaboard: These unlikely predators are the coastal equivalent of pumas, and in their absence, their sea-urchin prey were free to devour offshore kelp forests. — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2022 Researchers found the starfish in the remains of a round structure called the Cuauhxicalco. — Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2022 The Endurance expedition also captured a Brisingid starfish, a type of deep-sea dweller that filter feeds and thrives at murky depths. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2022 See More

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