Example Sentences

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"That lent to the type of fish that were there, shrimps and the like. Then there was some sort of catastrophic event for the shark, which killed it, but it seemed to sink into mud."

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Trillions of fish, shrimps, amphipods, jellyfish, and squid rise to feed, using the cover of darkness to hide from predators.

From National Geographic • Feb. 13, 2024

"It is conceivable that if we did the experiment on shrimps that had been exposed for a longer period or during critical stages in their life history, it would affect their sperm levels and quality."

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

I really loved one character I saw Christina Catherine Martinez do in early 2020, pre-COVID, where she was a girl who had just gotten broken up with, but she had shrimps for eyes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2023

Mrs. Popper had gone marketing for canned shrimps for the penguin, so that Mr. Popper was alone in the kitchen to explain to the service man what he wanted done to the refrigerator.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater