conch
Example Sentences
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Hold a conch shell up to your ear and you can hear the sound of the sea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
The race starts any time from midnight to noon on race day, with one hour till race start signalled by blowing a conch.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024
Officers reported finding two empty conch shells next to a pot and an active fire.
From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023
He blew into a conch to begin the ceremony and sang a song.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023
In the distance, the conch horn sounded, signaling curfew.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
