How to Use octopus in a Sentence

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• Don’t miss the killer cocktails and the fiery spiced lamb and octopus dishes cooked on a smoky open grill.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
• Fried octopus comes with red onions, fennel and a tangy gloss of lemon.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• The coconut octopus was sitting in a small hollow in the sand.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Order the octopus salad and grilled fish for your last seafood feast in Dubrovnik.
  — Wendy Hu, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
• The size and shape of the tooth marks pointed to gastropods and octopuses as the likely culprits.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2023
• The octopus is served cold in a vinaigrette, which is a most excellent way to cool down.
  — Esra Erol, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2022
• The porteño ceviche is a bright orange bowl filled with pillows of sea bass and slices of octopus.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
• The hydrothermal springs are as big of a finding as the new species of octopus.
  — Emilee Coblentz, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
• Quarter the olives, slice the cucumber and finely chop some onion for the octopus.
  — Jim Webster, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• Some of our Spanish octopus comes from the Mediterranean Sea.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 5 July 2022
• There, in his room, is a corner with a tiny armchair, a short bookshelf, and a stuffed octopus.
  — Tara Bannow, STAT, 15 Aug. 2022
• How many other octopus nurseries exist on the seafloor around the world?
  — Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• Some of my favorites on the menu include the wood oven-roasted octopus, the truffle pizza, and the mezze platter!
  — Salomé Gómez-Upegui, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2023
• An octopus in senescence stays in her den guarding her eggs and may lose more than half her body weight.
  — National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2022
• Once upon a time, in a far-off corner of the universe, there lived an octopus named Oscar.
  — cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023
• Everything from Dumbo octopus to Yeti crabs to sharks that are able to glow in the dark, corals and sponges that can live for thousands of years.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023
• While ‘90s haircuts like the octopus and mixie reigned supreme in the past year, hairstylists predict the return of the longer, flowier hairstyles of the ‘70s.
  — Annie Blay, Allure, 28 Nov. 2023
• The stage was set with fake boulders and sprouts of seagrass, with big foam models of a crab, a pelican, and an octopus.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
• During my visit, the grayish pink tentacles of the octopus clinging to the side of the glass wall of her tank started to flash bright white.
  — Sonia Shah, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• The photo included a blue octopus that had a frowning face and was sitting on one of the activists’ legs.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
• An octopus spends most of its solitary life living in a den, only emerging at night to hunt for food.
  — Leah Bhabha, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
• From exquisite gardens and the scary slide to viewing a slimy octopus, there's plenty to do on the island.
  — Liliana Webb and Layla McMurtrie, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2022
• Also incredible in the past has been Pulpo Mecanico, a giant octopus that spits fire to the beat of the music.
  — Jim Dobson, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• Share [Findings] The deepest octopus observed to date was photographed in the Java Trench.
  — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
• The ginger, turmeric, and miso to flavor the octopus, how the lemongrass emulsion clears the palette—his passion for the details was clear.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2023
• The small, barrel-like room recalls the inside of a ship with the décor that includes octopuses and booths meant to mimic waves.
  — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
• Of an octopus’s neurons, or nerve cells, three-fifths are in its arms; each sucker has its own set of neurons that control it.
  — Kate Golembiewski, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
• The source here is Tehran — the head of the terrible and murderous and terroristic octopus.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Jan. 2024
• The octopus breeding ground also creates a sort of oasis for other ocean life, the researchers found.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2023
• Experts believe the cirri are used to aid the octopuses in feeding.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024