How to Use tiger shark in a Sentence

tiger shark

noun
  • In the tank live three sand tiger sharks, none shorter than eight feet long.
    — Laura Brown, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Feb. 2015
  • But be aware that tiger sharks are known to bite people at all times of the day.
    — ABC News, 26 May 2026
  • One day, the women recalled, a pack of tiger sharks found them.
    — Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2017
  • And that means all sharks, not just the iconic ones like great white sharks or tiger sharks.
    — Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Sand tiger sharks are native to the East Coast.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2026
  • Enright said it was reported a 8-foot tiger shark bit the man.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Mark pins a 14 or so foot tiger shark alongside the team's 17 foot whaler.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2013
  • What are land birds like woodpeckers doing in the stomach of a tiger shark?
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2012
  • The species that are making headlines are the sandbar shark, the dusky shark, and the sand-tiger shark.
    — Curbed, 21 July 2022
  • This is an oral history in the sense that foothills are made of feet, or that a tiger shark is part tiger, part shark.
    — Jim McLauchlin, WIRED, 12 June 2018
  • In the open ocean, the sand tiger shark has been known to migrate more than 1,500 miles.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • There’s small fish, not bigger than a grain of rice, all the way up to your large predatory fish, tiger sharks.
    — Laura Klairmont, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Sand tiger sharks grow to 12 feet and are often found around shipwrecks, experts say.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2026
  • State officials said it was reported to be an 8-foot tiger shark.
    — CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The dead echidna was still whole when the tiger shark vomited it back up, with its spines and legs still intact.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 June 2024
  • Few fish can match the blazing speed of a mako, the sheer power of a great white, or the great cunning of a tiger shark.
    — William McKeever, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2019
  • But the bull shark, along with the tiger shark and the great white, is among the species considered most dangerous.
    — Aric Chokey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Onlookers gasped when the giant tiger shark jumped again some 500 feet from the pier.
    — Donald Millus, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2025
  • Woman in Texas catches 8-foot 'dream' tiger shark, wild photos show.
    — Fox News, 13 Sep. 2018
  • But people pose a bigger threat to tiger sharks due to the heavy harvesting of fins, skin and livers.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
  • That was kind of like jumping into a tank full of hungry tiger sharks wearing a jacket made of raw steak.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Only a few of the largest shark species, such as tiger sharks, actually play the role of apex predator.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 27 July 2017
  • The timeline for the female sand tiger sharks was surprisingly clear-cut.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In some cases — bull sharks, mako sharks and baby sand tiger sharks, for example — sharks will even eat their own species.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In the viral video, the diver could be seen throwing small fish into the hungry mouths of a pair of tiger sharks.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Officials believe the attack was by a tiger shark, which left behind a 4-inch gash on the surfer's leg.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 14 July 2022
  • Mark stabilizing a very large tiger shark while the rest of the team attaches tags and collects samples.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2013
  • The swimming pigs of the Bahamas are becoming the favorite food of the local tiger shark.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 11 July 2022
  • Drone footage captured by rangers shows dozens of tiger sharks feeding on the carcass of a humpback whale off the Australian coast.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 29 June 2023
  • There are sand tiger sharks with fearsome teeth, sandbar sharks with tall dorsal fins and nurse sharks huddled together on the floor of the tank.
    — Washington Post, 26 June 2018

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