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How to use seashell in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb

Seashell means the empty shell of a marine mollusk. Example: “The seashells on the beach are toxic and best avoided.”

Examples of seashell by meaning

nounThe empty shell of a marine mollusk.

  • Look closely at the pretty seashell print on these blouses.2020 February 7, AJ Willingham, “What a great week for rescue pets!”, in CNN
  • Fans will pump air through the alkaline stream, which causes carbon dioxide to form solid calcium carbonate, the material from which seashells are formed, which will look like a fine sand, as well as dissolved bicarbonate.2024 April 21, Laura Paddison, “Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags”, in CNN

nounThe animal living inside a seashell.

  • The seashells on the beach are toxic and best avoided.

More sentences with seashell

  • Seashells lay thick on the beach.From the entry thick
  • Seashells, round pebbles, driftwood—these natural materials are more precious to me than expensive jewels.2021, Young-Ran Lee, Create Dream Catchers, page 41. From the entry mermaids' tears
  • My idea of retirement was to hunt seashells, play golf, and do a lot of walking.2004, Prill Boyle, Defying Gravity: A Celebration of Late-Blooming Women, →ISBN, page 119. From the entry hunt
  • The actress Naomi Watts posted on Instagram an image of her feet, with seashells positioned to mimic overgrown toenails.2020 June 23, Lauren Mechling, “Goodbye, Pedicures. Hello, Peels.”, in The New York Times. From the entry despo
  • We didn't have all these fugging nets and seashells around.2009, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle: A Novel, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry fugging
  • Bombies were everywhere, as plentiful as seashells at the beach and sold the same way conch shells are in Florida.2007, Phil Karber, The IndoChina Chronicles: Travels in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. From the entry bombie
  • The surrealist ballet included the Dalíesque vision of Zorina in a seashell rising like a papier-mâché Venus from a sea of green cheesecloth.2012, Gary Marmorstein, “Caring Too Much Is Such a Juvenile Fancy”, in A Ship Without A Sail: The Life of Lorenz Hart, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry Dalíesque
  • What kind of woman came to an island and stayed there through a violent storm and then got up the next morning to hunt seashells?2011, Ann Major, Nobody's Child, →ISBN. From the entry hunt
  • Belleek was made for both utilitarian and decorative purposes, shaped often in the form of seashells or marine life, such as coral branches.2000, Suzanne Von Drachenfels, The Art of the Table, page 55. From the entry belleek
  • Their chubby kid appears to be a girl about two years old and is dressed in a red button-up wondersuit covered in pink and purple seashells.2023, Trent Dalton, Lola in the Mirror. From the entry wondersuit
  • An aryballo (an Inca ceramic vessel) that had contained chicha (an Andean corn beverage) was recovered in the fill of the tomb, as well as a Spondylus seashell.2015 August 6, Maria Constanza Ceruti, “Frozen Mummies from Andean Mountaintop Shrines: Bioarchaeology and Ethnohistory of Inca Human…. From the entry aryballo

Meaning of seashell

  1. noun The empty shell of a marine mollusk.
  2. noun The animal living inside a seashell.
  3. noun A very light pink colour, like that of some seashells.

Full definition of seashell

Questions about seashell in a sentence

How do you use seashell in a sentence?
Seashell is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “The seashells on the beach are toxic and best avoided.”
What is a short sentence with seashell?
“Seashells lay thick on the beach.”
What does seashell mean?
Seashell means the empty shell of a marine mollusk.

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