How to Use sea lion in a Sentence

sea lion

noun
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  • In the span of a few months, more than 5,000 sea lions died.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
  • Tiffany isn’t the first sea lion to hit the streets of Lincoln City.
    — oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2021
  • This sea lion found itself in the wrong place at the wrong time.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 30 July 2019
  • The dolphins and whales were then joined by a group of sea lions.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2020
  • But the sea lion just took the fish into his mouth and spat it out again.
    — Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The sea lion has earflaps and can walk on its flippers.
    — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
  • The tegu flicks its tongue, and the sea lion keeps turning its head to look at the creature.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2020
  • An adult female sea lion swam up, bit the girl on the thigh and then swam off.
    — Fox News, 20 June 2019
  • The week’s great reads A killer whale punted a sea lion 20 feet in the air to show calf how it’s done.
    — Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The three new additions bring the sea lion colony up to nine.
    — Matt McNulty, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2019
  • Enough so that some of the Zoo's sea lions were able to leave their enclosure and swim around the zoo!
    — Curbed Staff, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Seals and sea lions have been hit hard, with tens of thousands killed.
    — Sam Ogozalek, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024
  • As soon as the knife was removed, the sea lion jumped back into the water.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Sparky the sea lion is getting a new playground in her own back yard.
    — Zekriah Chaudhry, Twin Cities, 24 July 2019
  • During her life at the zoo, Cali was bred with a male sea lion named Jetty.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • All three pups have the same father, a virile male sea lion named Niko.
    — Matt McNulty, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2019
  • Most sea lion rescues the team does are along the beach, marina docks and cliffs.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Pepper is the first sea lion born in the zoo's 119-year history.
    — Christine Clarridge, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The third image showed the star smiling down on a sea lion that’s looking up at him from its tank.
    — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2018
  • While the third sea lion never made it aboard, the vessel was already doomed.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2020
  • As adults, female sea lions can weigh up to 240 pounds and measure up to 6 feet long, NOAA said.
    — Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Try to stay at least 50 feet — the length of about four to six cars — from sea lions and other marine mammals.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
  • Be on the lookout for sea lions lolling on the rocks, as well as koalas, wallabies, and a host of shorebirds.
    — Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024
  • At Punta Norte, orcas come ashore to hunt seals and sea lion pups.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 9 July 2022
  • In Cabo San Lucas, swim with whale sharks and supper along with sea lions.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The Gentoo, chinstrap and king penguins and sea lions are speedy eaters.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The area is well known for its sea lion population, which chooses the rocks to breed and nurse.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The sea lion pups and their mothers are on display with the father of both pups, 15-year-old Chino.
    — USA TODAY, 25 June 2019
  • Our rental car clung to the outside lane of the highway winding up into Big Sur and dipping down to rocky beaches where seals and sea lions sunned themselves.
    — Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
  • For them, the moose is just another source of protein, much like seals and sea lions, and the opportunity for such a large, nutritious meal is hard to pass up.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024

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