How to Use stingray in a Sentence

stingray

noun
  • Puns aside, here are five tips to avoid a painful stingray encounter at the beach.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
  • Round rays are stingrays with small round bodies and short, stout tails with spines on them.
    — Kristi Belcamino, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2019
  • There's the stingray texture and hits of gold all over Drake's pairs.
    — Pete Forester, Esquire, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Be alert for stingrays and jellyfish.
    — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Scuba dive here and expect dozens of species of fish, sharks, stingrays, coral, and more.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Jan. 2019
  • The stingrays swim in close formation like a squadron of aircraft.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 3 May 2018
  • Southern stingrays can grow up to 5 ft and weigh up to 200 lbs.
    — Cassie Armstrong, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 May 2018
  • The animals were like stingrays, White said.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The stingray tank was one of the most popular exhibits among the open-day crowd.
    — Glenn Garvin, miamiherald, 7 May 2017
  • The female stingrays will grow to be about five feet wide and the males a little smaller.
    — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 1 May 2018
  • Not to mention 5-foot long sharks and huge stingrays that are known to hunt in those waters.
    — Carly Breit, Country Living, 23 June 2017
  • Four baby stingrays tumbled out of the new mother and onto the pier.
    — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 29 May 2018
  • Kids can enjoy feeding the stingrays; food is available for $2 per two pieces.
    — Deborah Fleck, Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Getting to these fish can be tricky with rocks, sharp corals, and the occasional stingray.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2023
  • They’re often pressed up against the lagoon-viewing window to watch the stingrays and fish swim by.
    — Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
  • There's also blacktip reef sharks, bonnethead sharks, and a group of cownose stingrays.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 7 Apr. 2023
  • An autopsy later revealed that the shark had been injured by a stingray, with one of its barbs still stuck in its snout.
    — Michael Bartiromo, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2018
  • The researchers found enough lapses in this setup to sneak a pair of 5G stingray attacks through.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 3 Aug. 2019
  • The most exotic and most expensive boot is the stingray boot which has a diamond shape on the front of the shoe.
    — Vagney Bradley, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Tens of thousands of dead fish — menhaden, sharks, trout, bass, catfish and stingrays — were covering the shore.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
  • 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
  • Spinner dolphins greet tourists in the morning; lemon sharks dive around them during the day, stingrays gather at their feet at dusk.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The tissue layers surrounding the brain (meninges) were congested in the area of the stingray spine.
    — Mark Price june 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026
  • Munson chose a dune buggy ride while Cullers' date included a boat ride and swimming with stingrays.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Munson chose a dune buggy ride while Cullers' date included a boat ride and swimming with stingrays.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This is the scene in front of LGHQ as there's been a rise in stingray incidents.
    — David Williams, CNN, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The new stingray touch tank recently opened, and visitors can feel the supple skin of the six stingrays in the tank and watch the staff feed them.
    — Jennifer Shapiro-Sacks, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The rays died not long afterward — 34 of the aquarium’s 42 cownose stingrays.
    — Alejandro Serrano, chicagotribune.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The small crabs and shrimp in the sargassum, which attract sea turtles and mahi mahi offshore, also can attract stingrays inshore.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
  • Leave it to Proenza Schouler to infuse luxe stingray with crafty whip stitching and enamel hardware for the next must-have bag.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Apr. 2012

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