How to Use octopus in a Sentence

octopus

noun
  • An octopus floats through a sea of clear blue.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 29 Dec. 2025
  • One thing could pierce it with a drill, and that thing is an octopus.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • What does the octopus look like?
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 26 May 2026
  • Sea anemone, sea squirts, raw trout, live octopus, and the list goes on and on.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Here are a few places to keep in mind for buying fresh octopus.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2018
  • Be sure to keep your eyes open for the flying octopus and gecko.
    — Jen Banowetz, Naperville Sun, 24 May 2018
  • What happens when an octopus jumps on a shark for a ride around town?
    — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Why do octopuses get left out of the mix?
    — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Why do octopuses get left out of the mix?
    — CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Short fideo noodles form a bed for bits of octopus and smoky sausage.
    — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 18 July 2017
  • The team just chose octopuses that seemed big enough to be adults.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Fried octopus comes with red onions, fennel and a tangy gloss of lemon.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Don’t miss the octopus and pig skin taco and suckling pig turnovers.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2020
  • For an octopus, almost any arm will do.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t worry, the octopus doesn’t talk to them, just us.
    — ABC News, 7 May 2026
  • The octopus is tender and meaty and could be a light entree on its own.
    — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Water is poured from an octopus carafe.
    — Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Add an octopus to that iconic list.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • This octopus swam up to an Egyptian shore to show off for some tourists.
    — Animalkind, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
  • Gemel Smith woke up from his game-day nap, grabbed his phone and saw a tweet with an octopus.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 21 Jan. 2022
  • But the arrangement of those teeth was wrong for an octopus.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, the wrapper has a sketch of an octopus, its limbs spread across the paper.
    — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The market is well stocked with iced rows of tilapia, octopus and shellfish.
    — Jesse Pearson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • At speeds like that, however, that brave octopus may have been in for one heck of a ride.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Hamburgers, hot dogs, waffles and octopi are all, of course, on the list.
    — Sean Gentille, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The octopus is an inspired metaphor.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • There is some concern that, by the time we are seated, the kitchen will have run out of octopus.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • The seafood options are vast, like ceviche and shrimp tostadas, and soups with octopus and shrimp.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Every restaurant up and down the street has octopus!
    — Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The octopus is served cold in a vinaigrette, which is a most excellent way to cool down.
    — Esra Erol, Bon Appétit, 5 Aug. 2022

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