How to Use giant squid in a Sentence

giant squid

noun
  • Roper still marvels that a giant squid was able to spare him a hefty fine.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 21 June 2018
  • Real sperm whales cruise around in the ocean going to war with giant squid.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • Getting it into the giant squid's mouth on the first shot is tricky as hell.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
  • The Medusa gets around this problem with its red lights, which giant squid don’t see.
    — Jill Langlois, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
  • The giant squid is so elusive that even today sightings make the news.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2020
  • Fairly elusive, the giant squid has been linked to myth since ancient times.
    — Fox News, 17 Jan. 2020
  • While there is little video evidence, there is some footage of giant squids.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2023
  • The team had indeed bumped into a giant squid—though this one wasn’t quite so giant.
    — Chase Purdy, Quartz, 24 June 2019
  • In 2012, the first video of a giant squid was filmed in Japan.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 24 June 2019
  • In fact, just about everything about the giant squid is giant!
    — Sean McGowan, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Today’s giant squid is around 13 meters long at most.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
  • One of their theories is that great whites may be hunting giant squid in the deep water.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, National Geographic, 5 June 2020
  • She’s pulled under by a giant squid or kraken or something, and dragged into the depths.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Is this the giant squid of the Black Lake finally getting some love?
    — Alison Wild, EW.com, 20 June 2019
  • The squid was about 4 meters long, although giant squid can grow as large as 10 meters or more.
    — Mark Schrope, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2013
  • Very few people have successfully measured the eye of a giant squid.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2012
  • Days before, the giant squid probably had been swimming and searching for food.
    — Heather Djunga, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Where were the giant squid and other creatures detected?
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • That upper range puts it more than 20 feet longer than today’s giant squid, which tops out around 39 feet.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The album features an orca that never sleeps, a giant squid that lives at the bottom of the ocean, seagull men, etc.
    — Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The footage shows the giant squid stalking the e-jelly, and wrapping its tentacles around it before pulling away.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 24 June 2019
  • The epic battles between sperm whales and giant squid are more than legendary, they're immortalized in crap.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2013
  • Cold currents flowing through ocean trenches bring nutrients that attract giant squid, a key food source for sperm whales.
    — Maggie Shipstead, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Children, armed with a mission logbook, will help OceanX crew members search for a giant squid.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 25 June 2021
  • The discovery marks the first time that a living giant squid has been filmed in American waters.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 24 June 2019
  • Over a decade ago, in 2005, the Smithsonian was on the hunt for a giant squid.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 21 June 2018
  • Widder and her Medusa device captured the first video of giant squid several years ago near Japan.
    — Josh Baugh, ExpressNews.com, 24 June 2019
  • Giant ichthyosaurs with teeth were likely similar to sperm whales and killer whales today, using their teeth to capture prey like giant squid.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Pacific sleeper sharks are covert creatures, hefty as great whites and the only predators besides sperm whales that are known to hunt giant squid.
    — Susan Casey, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Last month, a nearly 14-foot giant squid arrived on a South African beach in its death throes, still spewing ink.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2020

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