How to Use clown fish in a Sentence

clown fish

noun
  • What does that mean for a clown fish that makes a home in a stressed anemone?
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Say Nemo and most kids now think of the Disney clown fish with the neurotic dad.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2018
  • Who would have thought a pair of clown fish would serve as the perfect vehicle to teach kids about grief and family?
    — Men's Health, 27 June 2022
  • With more time, the anemones might recover or the clown fish could acclimate to conditions.
    — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Finding Nemo grappled with a child’s need for autonomy through the eyes of clown fish.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Orange-and-white clown fish peered from rust-red anemones; neon-green parrotfish nibbled at bubblegum-pink brain coral.
    — Susan Casey, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Guests can also participate in a scavenger hunt to find little clown fish throughout the space.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2020
  • The film — which told the tale of clown fish Marlin trying to find his son Nemo — was a sensation with both kids and adults.
    — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 16 June 2022
  • When a young clown fish is taken by scuba divers, his father travels 1,500 miles to find him, proving that there's nothing a dad wouldn't do for his child.
    — Kara Thompson, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2022
  • During the Knicks’ victory parade, the undulating downtown crowd looked, from afar, not unlike a school of tropical clown fish.
    — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • Then a river of silver cardinal fish, and clown fish in their anemones, and snake eels, which look like something out of Star Wars, and all of this just in one sweep of turning your head.
    — Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2019
  • And a series of five photographs of clown fish embryos, which took second place in this year’s competition, show what Nemo looked like from day one to day nine of development.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2020

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