How to Use seagrass in a Sentence

seagrass

noun
  • If and when the sharks would eat the seagrass, it could be traced.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2018
  • These mud pits are attractive spots for new seagrass shoots to grow.
    — Priya Shukla, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Or, go the basket-route and stock up on seagrass storage bins.
    — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Without the seagrass, the corals would be swept away by currents.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The resurgent seagrass has sharp edges, and at high tide swathes of it are submerged.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Both years saw manatees starving with a lack of seagrass to eat.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Sewage dumping and seagrass damage by those boats are problems the city wants to solve.
    — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 9 Mar. 2018
  • But for about a decade now, the seagrass has been disappearing.
    — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2021
  • These slugs can then save seagrass beds from harmful algae that feeds on runoff from inland farms and cities.
    — National Geographic, 8 May 2018
  • The losses came amid a famine caused by the loss of the marine mammal's seagrass habitat.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The waters around the island are also home to seals, cod, herring and seagrass.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Jute and seagrass rugs and storage baskets can be found in every room, adding warmth and texture.
    — Sunset Magazine, 11 July 2022
  • Its sheer bulk chokes corals and seagrasses, traps turtles and turns beaches into a fetid mess.
    — NBC News, 9 July 2019
  • Scientists worry the dead seagrass could set the stage for algae blooms.
    — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 27 Feb. 2018
  • In the Caribbean, seagrass meadows give small corals a safe and food-rich home.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The spring tides come in over the seagrass and, when the water retreats, leave salt to crystallize.
    — Nick Paumgarten, Bon Appetit, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Old seagrass seeds, long buried in the gooey sediments, started to sprout as the water above them cleared.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 2 June 2020
  • The seagrass adjacent to it will get smothered, because of sand.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • Air channels run through the interior of seagrass leaves, stems, and roots.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The plant, the Posidonia australis, is a species of seagrass.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 2 June 2022
  • Piles of the seagrass on the beach smell bad and can be labor-intensive and costly to remove.
    — USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • But many manatees have died of starvation because of a lack of seagrass, which is a key source of food.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Hanisak said between 60% and 80% of the lagoon's seagrass has been lost.
    — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The deaths were primarily from starvation due to the loss of seagrass beds.
    — CBS News, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Water shoes are a good bet, too, since the area where the sandy bottom meets the seagrass is a common spot for lurking stingrays.
    — Terry Ward, Outside Online, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Off the shores of Virginia, vast meadows of seagrass sway in the shallow waters.
    — Nicola Jones, Wired, 24 Apr. 2021
  • And the snails eat algae that would otherwise block sunlight from reaching the seagrass.
    — Dino Grandoni and Melina Mara, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Dolphins can often be spotted playing with blades of seaweed or seagrass, or even with the sand on the ocean floor.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Without their coral sheaths, the seagrass are often eaten down to the sediment.
    — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The key will be restoring seagrass beds, which is a long-term project funded by $8 million in state dollars so far.
    — Curt Anderson, ajc, 16 Feb. 2022

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