How to Use sea urchin in a Sentence

sea urchin

noun
Definition of sea urchinnext
  • There were some things, like sea urchin, that scared the hell out of me.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Black sea urchins feed on the algae that grows on the reef.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • Remove from heat and add the sea urchins, lemon peel, and basil.
    — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The number of sea urchins also dropped in the north while rising in the south.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 27 July 2018
  • Pieces here range from $4 (Faroe Island salmon nigiri) to $10 for the sea urchin.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The tanks are now covered in the algae the sea urchins normally eat.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • Sea stars are more closely linked with sand dollars and sea urchins.
    — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The day’s catch can include sea urchin, rock crab and spot prawns, plus a variety of whole fish.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2019
  • Colors include quartz, sand, toffee, clay, sea urchin and pinot, which makes the pieces easy to mix and match.
    — Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 12 Mar. 2021
  • That’s because the kelp canopy on the periphery of their range had been devoured by sea urchins.
    — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Maine is the site of a fishery for sea urchins, which are harvested so their roe can be used as food.
    — USA TODAY, 1 July 2019
  • One great barometer of a sushi-ya's worth is its treatment of sea urchin.
    — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 3 May 2018
  • Raven is hungry and asks Mink to obtain a sea urchin from under the water.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2019
  • The novels are prickled like a sea urchin with the spines and fuzz of many indecencies.
    — New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • Red sea urchin is a mainstay at high-end sushi restaurants and raw bars — a symbol of the state’s coastal bounty.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
  • But the surviving sea urchins that could be used to do so are themselves under threat.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • There was chilled Dungeness crab, a few pristine white chunks under sea urchin foam, to be spooned from a shot glass.
    — New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • That affects coral, algae, sea urchins, algae eaters, all of them.
    — Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 1 May 2018
  • One is dressed with butter and soy sauce and tossed with pieces of sea urchin; another is sweet and simple, tangy with ketchup.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • Smelt, sardines, sea urchin, and rockfish deserve to share the spotlight with scallops and spot prawns.
    — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2019
  • The first course Adrienne: Spoon bread, sea urchin, buttermilk dashi, ham, caviar and wheat tuile.
    — Luis Miguel Echegaray, SI.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • This along with new items like sea urchin pasta and steak in a pesto marinade is featured in the new Antoya restaurant.
    — Valentina Di Donato, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Sea stars died out, but the kelp-eating purple sea urchins, which the sea stars had fed on, exploded in numbers.
    — National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The team said the highlight of Dive 08 was the rare sight of a gathering of the sea urchin Conolampas sigsbei at what may have been a breeding event.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Tiny orbs circulate some bites, others look like spiky sea urchins — but such forms defy what lands on the tongue.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The three-quarter meal should be a palm-size portion of black-truffle Malibu sea urchin at midnight.
    — Chloe Shaw, The New Yorker, 23 July 2021
  • In one course, cat’s tongues of sea urchin roe were placed on crisp nori chips and served on craggy platters made by ceramist Nicole Pilar.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Cod skin is cut into soba-noodle-like strands that float in a broth of mushroom and Galician sea urchin.
    — New York Times, 27 Nov. 2021
  • May 20 will feature a menu from Mr. Soltner, with sea urchins in Champagne jelly.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Featured items during the final days of the Games included plump sea urchin rice bowls and pork yakiniku bento with onion sauce.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2021

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