great white shark
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of great white shark
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Few marine animals inspire as much fascination and fear as the great white shark.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
It was a comment that has left fat cats like the Dodgers and New York Mets salivating at the possibility of reeling in the baseball equivalent of a great white shark before opening day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
"It is more likely than not that megalodon must have had a much slenderer body than the modern great white shark."
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2025
Marks on her body also indicated that she was nibbled on by a great white shark after she died and might have been injured from a previous entanglement with fishing lines, he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
“About a month ago, a great white shark swam into his net by accident. An eighteen-footer.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
