How to Use otter in a Sentence

otter

noun
  • Here's what to know about Splash the otter.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 June 2026
  • Whether in rivers, on land, or by the sea, otters are a sight to see.
    — Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
  • Yeah, Kelce likes otter videos.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Just two cute lil’ otter pups holding hands to melt your heart.
    — Kristi Kellogg, Teen Vogue, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Mayflies rise in clouds from the marshes and streams where otters play.
    — Alexis Marie Adams, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Over the years, all but one of its otters have been rescued as pups.
    — Gogo Lidz, Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2015
  • Head here to surf, bodyboard, or try to catch a glimpse of the area's otters.
    — Alanna Bennett, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Watch the video above to see otters, tigers, polar bears and more play in the snow.
    — The Oregonian/oregonlive Staff, oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
  • An otter captured in a box also plays a key role in the film.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Plus, a mature otter can eat five to seven pounds a day of it.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 7 May 2016
  • Glory in your hair looking like glass or a shiny sea-otter pelt.
    — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 1 Feb. 2018
  • It is said to be the world’s only search and rescue otter.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The otters are now found in streams, ponds and rivers across Missouri.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The otters and trout vanished from the creek; deer fled the barren fields.
    — Sarah Kaplan, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Look out for otters, pine martens and golden eagles.
    — Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Here was a dog that loved the water, had webbed feet to swim like a duck and the fur of an otter.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Meanwhile, blue herons fly above, otters splash nearby and fish swim all around you.
    — Kay Wicker, baltimoresun.com, 23 June 2017
  • The women managed to get out of the water and the otter swam away.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 3 Aug. 2023
  • This is not the only otter attack to make headlines in the past week.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The booze may improve your chances of spotting an otter or orca at sea.
    — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2019
  • On the same day at the same lake, an otter attacked a different dog.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Sep. 2021
  • This indicated that the otter had been alive when the wolves caught it.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The otter caught up to her son, who then fell, Fernandez said.
    — Samantha Davenport, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • Some of those bubbles will absorb odors, and the otters will detect them.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Those who are lucky may notice foxes, badgers, otters or deer along the route.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • To the girl's delight, Sugar gave chase in an otter-ly adorable way.
    — Mallorie Sullivan, Cincinnati.com, 3 Mar. 2018
  • Even with that backup, the otter proved difficult to catch.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Take a whale-watching tour to spot humpback whales, gray whales, otters, and sea lions.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The exhibit is set up to give the zookeepers easy access to train the otters.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
  • The otter skins wrapped around her braids were tied with pink beaded hair ties, and a pink shawl was draped around her shoulders.
    — New York Times, 30 July 2022

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