How to Use fin whale in a Sentence

fin whale

noun
  • Minke and fin whales have short, coarse baleen, which is ideal for eating large fish and krill.
    — Christian Åslund, National Geographic, 2 July 2019
  • The readings turned out to match the frequencies of fin whale calls.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Nana and the boys were leaning against the railing as a fin whale exhaled.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • The fin whales is the second-largest mammal in the world, after the blue whale.
    — Washington Post, 29 May 2020
  • Above, a dead fin whale waits to get butchered at a whaling plant before being sent to Japan.
    — Samuel Sanders, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Experts at the museum suspect the carcass was a fin whale based on the size.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2024
  • There are 14 types of baleen whales, including the humpback, blue, and fin whales.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In addition, the carcasses of a pygmy sperm whale and a fin whale also have been found ashore.
    — Winston Gieseke, USA TODAY, 25 May 2021
  • In one move, a lunging fin whale can engulf a volume of water that’s bigger than its own body.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 May 2012
  • Humpback, blue and fin whales largely depend on krill as a primary food source.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Since then, researchers have found other species of whale that sing, including blue whales, fin whales and minke whales.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 24 June 2019
  • Scientists are hoping to try the tag on other whales, such as humpbacks, minke whales and fin whales.
    — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The fin whale, whose body is long and slender, is the second-largest mammalian on Earth after the blue whale.
    — David Caraccio, sacbee, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The majority of the whales, 29, were humpbacks, while at least four were gray whales and one was a fin whale.
    — Brendan Rascius, Sacramento Bee, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Baleen whales—filter feeders that include blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales—make noises via a larynx, or voice box.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Finding more ways to use fin whale seismology could mean adding less to the cacophony.
    — New York Times, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Humpback whales and fin whales are often seen year-round, while blue whales are more common sights during the summer, Askari said.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The fin whale sprawled at my feet will enter the annals of science, but will see little ceremony beyond that.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 31 May 2018
  • Gray, blue, humpback, sperm and fin whales take over, and those eager to see them book tours in fast-moving zodiac boats and catamarans.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • At least one 55-foot fin whale died of tar poisoning, and health officials slapped a temporary ban on seafood from the area.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Iceland is the only country that allows whaling of the endangered fin whale, the second-largest whale species.
    — Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
  • In Ireland, researchers were worried that a 60-foot bloated fin whale would explode.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Most whale populations have not yet been recovered, including larger whales such as blue whales, fin whales and sei whales.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 9 June 2019
  • However, blue and fin whales, which are larger than humpback whales, did not exhibit the same positive trend.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • By comparison, blue and fin whale song rose primarily during the years where krill was more plentiful.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The second-largest whale, the fin whale, waits for its turn to be butchered at a whaling plant in Iceland before being sent to Japan.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
  • Meanwhile, on the Zodiac’s port side, a fin whale appeared; soon after that, a school of dolphins began to play around the boat.
    — Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Grey whales accounted for 16% of interactions and fin whales 7%.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The scientists also discovered signs of orca tooth rake marks on the dorsal fin of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus).
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The day for the boaters began with a lot of activity, starting with watching dolphins, followed by the fin whale sighting, which led them to the swordfish.
    — Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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