How to Use coral in a Sentence

coral

noun

• Well, the fish fins, the fish bones, the kelp and coral.
  — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Nov. 2022
• The sand has been tinted pink from the coral on the beach and in the water.
  — Roger Sands, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• Hawaii is one of the places on earth that would feel the loss of live coral the most.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 July 2023
• The first things on her list: Go to the beach, and go diving to see the coral reef.
  — Devi Lockwood, New York Times, 27 May 2020
• The pale coral on the coffered ceiling is a nod to the house's front door.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 25 Sep. 2020
• Just three weeks ago, the coral was smaller than a grain of rice.
  — WIRED, 11 Nov. 2023
• The waters around the tiny island are thought to be home to around 400 species of coral.
  — Hannah Reyes Morales, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• Some ideas: a piece of coral, a glass orb, or a small ginger jar.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• Here, bright blues and shades of coral keep the living room lively and fun.
  — Grace Gallagher, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• The coral is at a level of preservation that is unique in the world.
  — Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• Fish, coral and seas shells were also part of the design.
  — Angel Saunders, People.com, 11 Feb. 2025
• Because the corals no longer act as a buffer as those waves come in.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
• Her team studied three species of coral from the island of Oahu, in Hawaii.
  — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2022
• Just a few feet away, a chunk of ancient coral looms over the eroded beach path.
  — Frank Hulley-Jones, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• In mere months, the coral has the potential to flourish once again.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
• Get it in a creamy yellow, coral pink, or bright white to add some spring fun to your wardrobe.
  — Rachel Simon, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023
• Heat stress that lasts more than a few weeks can lead the coral to die of starvation.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 11 May 2022
• The gulf is also home to some of the oldest creatures on earth: black corals.
  — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
• Her hair was styled with corals, pearls, and feathers, and her crown was placed on her head.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 4 Oct. 2019
• It is agatized coral from between the Oligocene through Miocene age.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2023
• Philips said his team swam around looking for coral on the verge of spawning.
  — CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
• At Sal, The Kitchen, diners sit in a unique setting with walls built out of coral and salt.
  — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• These are regions of the ocean that are home to unusual sets of coral.
  — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2022
• The oldest coral of the group has so far survived for nearly nine months.
  — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
• The process involves cutting the coral, which then grows faster while healing.
  — David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• During that time, the world’s oceans have lost perhaps a quarter of their coral.
  — Catrin Einhorn Thea Traff, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• And typically when things cool down again, some of the coral can come back.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
• In the case of females being chased by males, the divers might have looked like a good place to take refuge such as a hunk of coral.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Aug. 2021
• Soft corals are creatures with bendable bodies that resemble plants, according to the Coral Reef Alliance.
  — Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
• But, somehow, life finds a way: The seafloor was crawling with critters of all shapes and sizes, from centuries-old sponges and cup corals to octopuses, snails, worms, sea spiders, icefish and even a rare giant phantom jellyfish.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025