How to Use manta ray in a Sentence

manta ray

noun
  • So, the days of riding manta rays are gone.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But more awesome are the manta rays, which are more than 18 feet wide.
    — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2019
  • Ink covered their chests and arms in black patterns that looked like manta rays and birds.
    — Peter Heller, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The bars are on motors and can move up and down around the sphere, like the curve of a manta ray’s fin.
    — Dani Deahl, The Verge, 9 July 2019
  • More manta ray viewing tour boats could also use the sites if the buoys were installed.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
  • Some of the coolness is quite cool — giant flying manta ray taxis!
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Keep an eye out for sea turtles, hammerhead sharks, and manta rays.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Keep an eye out for sea turtles, hammerhead sharks, and manta rays.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The blooms, in turn, attract plankton, a favorite prey of manta rays.
    — Christopher Pala, Science | AAAS, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Guests can snorkel and dive with whale sharks in southern waters and alongside manta rays in the north.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Bottlenose dolphins, magpies, and manta rays are among the few species that have passed that test.
    — Natasha Daly, National Geographic, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Finding a juvenile manta ray, which are downright rare in most parts of the ocean.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 June 2018
  • During these dives one is likely to swim with dolphins, turtles, and manta rays.
    — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Watch for manta rays and the ancient volcano, Otemanu, along the way.
    — Becca Hensley, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Among those at risk are four hammerhead shark species, four species of angel shark and the giant manta ray.
    — NBC News, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Jake Wilton thinks that the manta ray might have recognized him from his recent dives in the area.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2019
  • The outlet noted that they have been known to catch a ride on other sea life, such as manta rays and dolphins.
    — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Thankfully, a giant manta ray with hooks caught in her eye found one of these buddies out in the deep blue sea.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 17 July 2019
  • That’s because the watercraft’s unique look, as its name may have given away, is based on the manta ray.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Guests might see humpback whales and spinner dolphins, swim with sea turtles, and snorkel with manta rays and reef sharks.
    — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The living room is decorated with a manta ray sculpture on the wall.
    — Ann Lee, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
  • So, no one, including Harry can ride manta rays?
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The guides use specialized lights to attract plankton, which draw in manta rays for a closer look.
    — Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
  • To top it off, the water shelters manta rays, sea turtles, and a live reef begging to be explored.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
  • After dark, visitors may even spot manta rays gliding through the water.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
  • Snorkel with Manta Rays in Kona Kona is known for a place to snorkel with manta rays.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The architecture is inspired by the manta ray, with the main pavilion shaped to follow the curve of its wings.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Thousands of species can be found there, including coral reefs, sea turtles, whales, dolphins, sharks and manta rays.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Despite their size — up to around 25 feet across — manta rays only eat plankton, shellfish and small fish.
    — NBC News, 12 July 2019
  • Tala falls ill and dies at the end of Moana, but she’s set to return in the sequel in the form of a manta ray spirit.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2024

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