How to Use anemone in a Sentence

anemone

noun
  • And rows of fat green anemones wear bits of shells like tiny hats.
    — Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
  • What does that mean for a clown fish that makes a home in a stressed anemone?
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The tide pools here teem with marine life, from anemones to urchins.
    — Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
  • There were a few sponges, anemones and worms but in very low abundance.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Christmas anemones can be packaged in bright reds and greens.
    — Clark Fair, Alaska Dispatch News, 8 July 2017
  • Things like coral, anemones, and fungi are attached to the deep floor.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 June 2025
  • Each indigo strand was as thick as a twig, and had the moist look of an anemone.
    — Julie Orringer, New York Times, 22 June 2018
  • Scientists still don't know what happened to the top of the anemone.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Hungry shrimp and anemones waited to pounce on the fresh hatchlings.
    — Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Kids can look for starfish, snails, and anemones in the tide pools that form among the rocks at the north end of the beach.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018
  • Like all spring ephemerals, the clock is always ticking for the wood anemone.
    — Dave Taft, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Intact cabins have been taken over by corals, anemones, and fish.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020
  • Here, the black centers on the anemone pops and the white protea looks almost downy.
    — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Electric blues, reds and purples of prickly urchins, sea stars and an anemones.
    — Outside Online, 26 June 2024
  • The base of the cape will offer views of sea stars, anemones, barnacles, and more.
    — Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The golden orb is what happens when an anemone glues itself into place.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The rash is the result of baby jellyfish or anemone stingers.
    — National Geographic, 28 June 2018
  • Blue-purple asters come back each fall too, as do pink Japanese anemones.
    — Taylor Augustin, House Beautiful, 14 June 2023
  • Without the gene, the anemone simply couldn’t grow new tentacles.
    — Rasha Aridi, Science | AAAS, 10 Sep. 2020
  • This set of anemone candleholders by Michael Aram fits the bill.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Twice a day, every day, the intertidal where many anemone species live changes entirely.
    — Jules Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The weir enclosures would foster an abundance of oyster, shrimp, crab and anemones.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 13 Sep. 2017
  • But many anemone species look the same on the outside, meaning researchers need to cut them open to identify them.
    — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Surrounded by cliffs, the beach has caves and rock pools teeming with crabs, anemones and other sea creatures.
    — Hollie Clemence, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Now, the whale has become hard substrate, where suspension feeders like anemones and sponges can latch on and grow.
    — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 10 May 2023
  • Both primal and alien, tide pools are chock full of interesting life, from tiny shore crabs to giant green anemones.
    — oregonlive, 11 May 2023
  • This light source would make all the difference, as the soft coral and anemones absorbed the blue light, casting neon greens and reds back.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
  • By-the-wind-sailors are related to anemones, corals, jellyfish and hydroids.
    — Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The waves have formed ripples in stunning hues of copper and green, and anemones and coral can be spotted in the shallow pools.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Town & Country, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Clown fishes live their entire adult lives nestled in the protective arms of a single sea anemone on a coral reef.
    — Danielle L. Dixson, Scientific American, 1 June 2017

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