exotic fish

Example Sentences

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He dines on caviar before he starves, turning a hungry eye toward the exotic fish that swim unbothered in their tank high in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

The aquarium at the Radisson Blu hotel was home to around 1,500 exotic fish, before it burst early on Friday morning.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2022

They include a dog, three cats, a ferret, and a tank full of exotic fish.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2018

Look closely as pipes filled the screen, as exotic fish drifted past, as lines of pretend code shot downward, and you saw something like digital neurons firing.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2017

Now everywhere Shirley looked were little red palm prints—little red palm prints, like a school of exotic fish, swimming down the halls and up the stairwell.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord