How to Use sea urchin in a Sentence

sea urchin

noun
  • There were some things, like sea urchin, that scared the hell out of me.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Remove from heat and add the sea urchins, lemon peel, and basil.
    — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Sea stars are more closely linked with sand dollars and sea urchins.
    — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The number of sea urchins also dropped in the north while rising in the south.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 27 July 2018
  • One great barometer of a sushi-ya's worth is its treatment of sea urchin.
    — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 3 May 2018
  • That affects coral, algae, sea urchins, algae eaters, all of them.
    — Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 1 May 2018
  • The day’s catch can include sea urchin, rock crab and spot prawns, plus a variety of whole fish.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2019
  • The tanks are now covered in the algae the sea urchins normally eat.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • Maine is the site of a fishery for sea urchins, which are harvested so their roe can be used as food.
    — USA TODAY, 1 July 2019
  • The crew also found cactus-like sea urchins and marine sponges that were as tall as humans.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • That’s because the kelp canopy on the periphery of their range had been devoured by sea urchins.
    — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2018
  • But once sea urchin populations boomed, there was a widespread loss of kelp forests.
    — Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The island's cold waters produce prized sea urchin and crab, as well as much of the fish used by top sushi chefs.
    — Alex Halberstadt, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Colors include quartz, sand, toffee, clay, sea urchin and pinot, which makes the pieces easy to mix and match.
    — Krystin Arneson, CNN Underscored, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Spiky, sea urchin-like chandeliers hang from the vaulted ceiling.
    — Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Raven is hungry and asks Mink to obtain a sea urchin from under the water.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2019
  • The novels are prickled like a sea urchin with the spines and fuzz of many indecencies.
    — New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • Tiny orbs circulate some bites, others look like spiky sea urchins — but such forms defy what lands on the tongue.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Red sea urchin is a mainstay at high-end sushi restaurants and raw bars — a symbol of the state’s coastal bounty.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Their favorite snacks include crabs, clams, mussels, starfish, small fish, sea urchins, and marine worms.
    — Margeaux Sippell, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Along with sea urchins and starfish, sea cucumbers belong to a group called echinoderms.
    — National Geographic, 2 June 2017
  • Their version has sea urchin, which isn’t traditional, but the flavor goes so well with the dish.
    — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appetit, 26 Oct. 2017
  • One is dressed with butter and soy sauce and tossed with pieces of sea urchin; another is sweet and simple, tangy with ketchup.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • The sewage triggered the growth of sea urchins, then the urchins began to devour the lower portion of kelp plants.
    — Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Smelt, sardines, sea urchin, and rockfish deserve to share the spotlight with scallops and spot prawns.
    — Naomi Tomky, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Sea stars died out, but the kelp-eating purple sea urchins, which the sea stars had fed on, exploded in numbers.
    — National Geographic, 30 Oct. 2019
  • There was no pineapple at our lunch, but there were other delights (Grey turns out to be partial to sea urchin).
    — Michael Paulson Dana Scruggs, New York Times, 15 May 2024
  • Start with spanner crab in a sea urchin sauce and order something hardy like a lamb rump with carrot and hazelnut to follow.
    — Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Santa Barbara is a mecca for seafood, including the prized sea urchin.
    — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Cod skin is cut into soba-noodle-like strands that float in a broth of mushroom and Galician sea urchin.
    — New York Times, 27 Nov. 2021

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