Example sentences for: sharks

How can you use “sharks” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It is true that the indexers are free-riding on the sharks.

  • Yet deep ocean channels cut between some island groups — the Tongue of the Ocean between Andros and New Providence, for example, is 6,000 ft (2,000 m) deep — and these provide a thoroughfare for a number of large fish and marine mammal species, such as sharks, rays, dolphins, and turtles.

  • It's a cute joke, but the cockiness and special pleading remind us how things have changed: In 1957, the Sharks' and Jets' cool was parodic and laughable; in the '96 version, these gangs are cool for real.

  • Critics call this depressing coke-fueled vision of '80s Hollywood lowlifes more an actors' showcase than a drama: It's "a tedious circus of apoplectic speeches and explosive thespian snit fits" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey both give keen performances as strung-out movie-biz sharks, but most of the film is just talk (it was adapted from David Rabe's play), with a few bits of sex and violence the only action.

  • Forget about saving the whales: Time reports that the overfishing of sharks for fins (an Asian delicacy) and cartilage (mistakenly thought to prevent cancer) has brought several species to low population levels.


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