How to Use sturgeon in a Sentence

sturgeon

noun
  • How did sturgeon moon get its name?
    — Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • By day's end, arms were tired from landing more than a dozen sturgeon.
    — oregonlive.com, 8 June 2019
  • Those sturgeon carried the ovaries that promised a decade’s worth of caviar.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Caviar is the name given to mature sturgeon eggs.
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Yet this method yields less caviar, and often stresses the sturgeon to death.
    — Kylie Williams, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
  • Today, there are about 29 species of sturgeon.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Today, there are about 29 species of sturgeon.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The loss of our lake sturgeon has been much like the slaughter of the buffalo.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2018
  • Lake sturgeon live longer than any other fish species in Michigan.
    — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The sturgeon moon is the eighth of 12 full moons in 2025.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The next step is to test the beads and powders inside Mote’s sturgeon tanks.
    — Christina Procopiou, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2016
  • There are many different species of sturgeon which produce their own unique type of caviar.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 July 2021
  • Groundwater is cold enough to raise cold-water fish, such as trout and sturgeon.
    — National Geographic, 14 July 2016
  • Copy the thinking of some sturgeon and forge your own path by floating counter-clockwise.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Lake sturgeon can exceed 6 feet in length and weigh over 200 pounds.
    — Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2018
  • This year, Talmadge said, the biggest turnouts have been for sturgeon.
    — Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 6 May 2021
  • The full moon was given this name because sturgeons were most often caught around this time of the year.
    — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2023
  • Their water comes from the tank occupied by sturgeon.
    — New Atlas, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Male lake sturgeon live an average of 55 years.
    — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The cells that go on to form the armor on the flanks of the sturgeon start out as part of the nervous system.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
  • Remove the baking sheet from the oven; top each nacho with a jalapeno slice and a small dab of sturgeon caviar.
    — Stephanie Wu, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2014
  • Herbs and lettuce sit above freshwater species like sturgeon.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Today, caviar comes from more than 50 sturgeon farms worldwide.
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Today, caviar comes from more than 50 sturgeon farms worldwide.
    — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Fishermen cut out the roe from the sturgeon and often tossed the fish back in the water to die.
    — Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022
  • He is also forbidden to keep the salmon, bass and sturgeon his traps collect.
    — Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2018
  • For those who prefer a quieter pace, stop along the river to fish for bass, walleye or sturgeon.
    — Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Or the sturgeon, which has an origin of similar age and lacks scales but has a body covered in bony plates.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2023
  • Paddlefish are one-of-a-kind, in the same family as sturgeon.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2018
  • Could the Black Lake sturgeon season be canceled again?
    — Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 5 Jan. 2026

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