How to Use barracuda in a Sentence

barracuda

noun
  • The company's lawyers are a bunch of barracudas.
  • Divers often get a chance to see sharks and schools of barracuda.
    — John Christopher Fine, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Or lean over the rail and count needlefish, barracuda, and the odd tarpon.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Those fish can include barracuda, moray eel, sea bass and others.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Anglers can cast from shore or launch from the park’s boat ramps in search of tarpon, snapper, or barracuda.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Watch Hoover catch a barracuda while aboard a boat in Florida.
    — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian, 23 Mar. 2017
  • Guests adore the fresh seafood (seacat, barracuda, mahi mahi, tuna), local fruits, rum sours, and the scenery.
    — Dwight Brown, Essence, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The transition before them was daunting enough—and then along came the barracuda.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 12 May 2011
  • The menu features the catch of the day — think wahoo, snapper, or my favorite, barracuda.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2024
  • This plentiful habitat is a lure for the great barracuda, a long tubular fish that can grow to be 6 feet long.
    — Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The reef surrounding the beaches is home to schools of fish (like barracuda and snapper), turtles, and even whale sharks.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
  • In the underwater footage, a barracuda is shown gliding through turquoise-green waters, very close to the camera.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Baby barracuda seek shelter in mangrove roots while the larger ones swim the shallow waters nearby.
    — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The great barracuda, in particular, is known for its speed and fearsome array of needlelike teeth that can swiftly slice through prey.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
  • When the sun rises, the place is peaceful, as the lagoon laps at its mangrove forest and barracuda, snapper and grouper enjoy the solitude.
    — Helene Cooper, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Thousands of yellowtail and barracuda were landed, as well as an occasional bluefin and once … a marlin.
    — Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Novice and experienced surfers can catch waves along the rocky shores of Lorne Point, while the pier is a good place to drop a line for trevally or barracuda.
    — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023
  • No need to tip the hooks with squid or shrimp, but get your baits aboard quickly, as opportunistic king mackerel and barracuda love helping themselves to an easy meal.
    — David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Which is forgivable, given that Nemo’s mom—and all his siblings—were victims of a barracuda shortly before their eggs hatched.
    — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Which is forgivable, given that Nemo’s mom—and all his siblings—were victims of a barracuda shortly before their eggs hatched.
    — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Above, unloading the catch that includes tuna, barracuda, sailfish and kingfish.
    — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, WSJ, 1 June 2018
  • Uncrowded above the waves, down under is busy with a kaleidoscope of barracuda, parrotfish and squid that hang out towards the inlet.
    — Melanie Refffes, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2019
  • At Looe, an hour spent floating above colorful parrotfish, angelfish and barracuda brings time to a near-standstill.
    — Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Snorkelers also have reported seeing a small reef shark, eels, lobsters, crabs, stingrays, barracuda and a sea turtle on their adventures.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Photos of them adorn the walls of Jesse’s room, as does a toothy replica of the VW-long barracuda, which still scares the pants off visitors.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
  • But kin selection couldn’t explain why a fish such as the cleaner wrasse can pick parasites from the teeth of a barracuda with almost no risk of becoming a meal itself.
    — Ben Crair, Bloomberg.com, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Here divers can cruise over the top of a wall, mingling with groups of grey, white tip and black tip reef sharks, as well as parrotfish and barracuda at a beginner-friendly 60ft.
    — Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Satoumi An is a tidy and humble ama hut where divers grill all manner of seafood—barracuda, Ise-ebi, scallops, squid, turban snails, and uni—over a fire pit.
    — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2017
  • And in coral reefs, unrelated fish seem to swap visual and chemical cues as protection against dangers such as hungry barracudas.
    — Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Expect to reel in everything from giant Goliath grouper to barracudas, snapper, and mangrove.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2023

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