How to Use jellyfish in a Sentence

jellyfish

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  • The phantom is among the largest jellyfish in the world.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The jellyfish have come through the Suez Canal, which was first built in 1869.
    — Menna Zaki, The Seattle Times, 6 July 2017
  • The flags flew for most of last week due jellyfish in the water.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 11 July 2022
  • All of a sudden, there’s a wall of jellyfish in front of you.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2022
  • The fibers and translucence of jellyfish and deep water life were a key theme in the 19 looks.
    — Washington Post, 1 July 2019
  • The barrel jellyfish is the largest found in U.K. waters, per the site.
    — Fox News, 17 July 2019
  • In this case, Moon jellyfish are largely to blame for the stings.
    — Madeline Farber, Fox News, 13 June 2018
  • Her door swung open and the spill of light from the hallway washed over the ceiling and drowned her jellyfish.
    — Susan Choi, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The pilot just has to get the funnel right up to this golf tee jellyfish, and the suction does the rest.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 23 Dec. 2021
  • There is some debate about the best way to treat a jellyfish sting.
    — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The ends of the auditory nerve look like green jellyfish; the sheaths around the nerve fibers licorice red.
    — Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The largest are leatherbacks, which can reach 1,000 pounds or more and live largely on jellyfish.
    — David Fleshler, Sun-Sentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • This concern has come up in the past with the viral jellyfish hair.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The ocean, on the other hand, brims with see-through species, from jellyfish and sponges to crustaceans, cephalopods, and even fish.
    — Luna Shyr, Wired, 4 Sep. 2021
  • So the five animals were the crab, the salamander, a bat, a shark, and a jellyfish.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • But some can be deadly, such as stings from the box jellyfish.
    — George Petras, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
  • At first, a few small jellyfish emerged, then a piece of plastic.
    — Author: Simon Denyer, Chris Mooney, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2019
  • These odd jellyfish had one role in life: to go away and never be seen again.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022
  • From the mental lives of worms, wasps and jellyfish, Sacks turns to humans.
    — Laura J. Snyder, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Now the Arctic is a warm body, full of jellyfish and black chokeweed.
    — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 20 Nov. 2017
  • Isaac’s were stuffed with jellyfish and plum, mine with mustard greens and salmon flakes.
    — Helen Schulman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The shape of these flashes, like a jellyfish, extends both up and down toward the ground.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The wine is named after jellyfish, which are able to navigate and thrive in the darkest abyss of the deep sea.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Keep in mind that swarms of jellyfish arrive around the end of June and depart about a month later.
    — Michele Chabin, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Most of the Gulf is a barren desert, empty sand and little else but jellyfish and starfish.
    — AL.com, 25 June 2017
  • There’s a brand new, million-light-year space jellyfish in town.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 9 Apr. 2021
  • How to relax while swimming in the ocean, even around jellyfish.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Instead, Smith has made a strong case that a species of jellyfish should be named after him.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The jellyfish is only about 4 inches across and boasts a bright red cross in its center.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The reefs are close to shore and offer lots of small hiding spaces for tropical sea life (just watch out for the jellyfish).
    — Sandy Allen, AFAR Media, 10 Jan. 2025

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